Chapter 252

Chapter 252

-Ava’s POV-

The plan had been working.

Right up until the moment it wasn’t.

Jonah was screaming.

The wind howled around us, a monstrous, deafening force, ripping at the mist, swirling like a living thing. It had him. It had him. I could see it–his body twisting, contorting, his fingers clawing at the ground as he tried to resist, his mouth stretched open in a soundless shriek as the invisible force dragged him inch by inch toward the abyss.

For the first time, he was the one fighting. He was the one losing.

And then–I lost sight of Grayson.

It happened so fast I barely processed it. One second he was there, his body tensed, his gaze locked onto Jonah, his stance ready to push at the exact right moment. The next–gone.

Swallowed by the chaos.

The wind shrieked louder, a sound so piercing it split through my skull. My hair whipped around my face, the air thick and electric, the mist curling in tendrils, distorting everything. My pulse pounded in my ears, my breath ragged and uneven.

“Grayson?!” My voice barely carried over the noise.

I spun, my vision blurred by the swirling mist. I couldn’t see him. I couldn’t see him.

No. No, no, no-

My heart slammed against my ribs, a deep, primal panic rising inside me. This wasn’t supposed to happen. We had planned for this. We had calculated this. We were supposed to use Jonah’s panic against him, let the wind take him, and ride the force back to the living realm.

But the wind–it was shifting.

It was changing its mind.

I felt it before I saw it–Grayson’s struggle.

A ripple in the mist, a break in the swirling gray, and then–there.

Him.

His body was being dragged.

No–not him.

The wind was taking him too.

His feet skidded against the ground, his muscles tensed, fighting against the pull, but it was stronger. It was winning.

And suddenly, nothing else mattered.

Jonah was screaming. The wind was wailing. The world around me was chaos. But all I could see was him–Grayson–being ripped away from me.

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Not again.

didn’t think. I didn’t plan. I

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like a wall of

I fought it.

pressure in the air so thick it felt like I was moving through solid stone. My breath came in sharp gasps,

was right there. A few feet away. Struggling. Losing

voice was raw, desperate,

me, his gray eyes locking onto mine–and in that moment, I saw it.

his lips moved and he

was losing him again. A scream ripped from my throat

It wasn’t electricity. It was something else. Something ancient. It poured into the mist,

The wind stopped.

The mist froze.

screams cut

And then–silence.

entire world

shaking, my lungs burning, my vision a haze of swirling gold. My pulse was erratic, my skin tingling where the light still flickered between us, and

Wide–eyed.

Breathless.

he had just seen

“Ava,” He whispered.

barely heard him, because my hand was still

but unmistakable, fading

breath hitched, my fingers trembling as I looked down at the lingering glow, the remnants of

grip tightened on mine, his breathing ragged, “You…You

at him, “That’s

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Chapter 252

brushing over the still–flickering glow on my palm. “You just

the mist, the wind that had been howling just moments ago now eerily still. It was like the

Jonah was gone.

silent. The mist, once writhing like a living thing, had settled, curling lazily around my ankles

Grayson moved first.

his feet in one fluid motion. His grip on my wrist tightened just slightly, grounding me as my mind struggled to catch up. I was still kneeling,

me. His gaze locked onto my palm again before

I turned my hand over, half–expecting the glow

immediately. Instead, he looked around, his

his gaze,

ancient and restless. There were no shadows lurking just beyond the edges of

It felt normal.

I knew better than

voice pulled me back., “Are

was. “Why is my hand still tingling?” I flexed my finger,. “And where

barely had time to finish the sentence before I heard it.

My voice.

you going to leave

I turned at the

lashes, her

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