Chapter 102 – The Hunter Awakens
The voice did not leave.
It lingered.
It waited.
Aria staggered through the forest long after the Oracle had vanished, her breath ragged, her thoughts splintering under a pressure she could not escape. Every shadow seemed deeper now, every sound sharper. The world had changed—but not because the world itself had shifted.
Because she had.
Because something inside her had awakened.
“No…” she whispered, gripping her head as if she could physically silence it. “Get out of my head.”
For a moment, there was nothing.
Just the rustling of leaves. The distant call of night creatures.
Then—
“Why would I leave… when I have only just arrived?”
The voice was smooth. Dark. Laced with a quiet amusement that made her skin crawl.
Aria sucked in a sharp breath,
