Adrian POV Pain was the first thing I felt. Not sharp. Not sudden. Deep. Like something heavy was sitting on my chest, pressing down on my lungs, on my heart, on my soul. I tried to breathe, but the air felt thick, like I was drowning on land. My eyelids fluttered. I forced them open. We are not at the ritual site anymore?. Light greeted me, soft and silver, glowing from everywhere and nowhere at once. The ceiling above me wasn’t stone or wood. It looked like it was made of moonlight itself, moving slowly like mist. I groaned. The sound felt weak. Wrong. I had never sounded like that before. “Adrian.” That voice. I turned my head slowly. Caleb. He was standing close, his face tight with worry, his jaw clenched like he was holding himself together by force. Behind him stood Matthew, quiet, watchful, his eyes darker than usual. I tried to sit up. Agony ripped through my body. I cried out before I could stop myself. “Don’t,” Caleb said quickly, placing a hand on my sho
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