Aria's POV
The seal was getting worse. I could feel it. Every day, the pressure beneath the land grew stronger, and my power became more unstable.
Lydia felt it too. It's spreading. We need to be careful.
I clenched my jaw. I'm trying.
Trying wasn't enough anymore. My power no longer behaved like something I could simply control. It came in waves.
Sometimes, I could feel it building beneath my skin hours before it erupted. Other times, there was no warning at all.
Damon had been helping me through it. Whenever my power surged, the mate bond between us became my anchor. He had become annoyingly good at knowing when I was about to lose control.
His presence could cut through the chaos inside my mind better than anything else.
But this time, the warning signs had been different. We we
