Night had fallen over the hidden valley, and the
sky stretched wide and dark above the towering
trees. The moon hung high and bright, bathing the land in pale silver light. Aria stood alone in
the center of the training field. Her muscles ached from the day's battle, but sleep refused to come. The energy inside her body wouldn't
settle. It pulsed through her veins like a restless storm. Selene stirred within her mind. Do you
feel it? Aria nodded slowly, breathing in the cool night air. "Yes... it's getting stronger." Since the
fight earlier that day, something inside her had changed. The power she carried no longer felt
like a distant force she had to reach for. It was awake. Alive. Waiting. Footsteps approached quietly from behind. Draven stepped into the
moonlight, his sh
