I exhaled shakily, hesitating.
*"Amber, concentrate."*
I closed my eyes.
*Reached.*
The moment I did, warmth surged through my veins, an unfamiliar but *right* sensation crackling under my skin. It gathered at my fingertips, sparking, shifting—until a golden glow ignited around my hands, flickering and alive.
I gasped.
Vic did too. "*Oh my Goddess.*"
Luka stared, stunned. "*You’re stronger than she knows.*" His head snapped up. "*We need to move!*"
We retraced our steps, silent but quick, backtracking toward the room we’d just fled from. The whispers pressed closer, the air thick with unseen forces, but I barely noticed. Energy *buzzed* inside me, like something had finally *clicked* into place.
And then, we were there.
Jennifer’s body lay twisted on the cold
