Chapter 55 – The Moment You Are No Longer Alone

Chapter 55: Chapter 55 – The Moment You Are No Longer Alone

Elara did not realize when the training stopped being about control and started becoming something else entirely. Because the shift did not come with a clear boundary but with a slow, suffocating pressure that built inside her chest, tightening with every movement, every failed attempt.

Every second she spent forcing her body to keep going long after it had begun to resist her, and by the time she understood what was happening. She was already too deep inside it to step back. Her breath uneven, her muscles trembling in a way that had nothing to do with weakness.

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