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CHAPTER 84
~Ash's POV~
Back to Present – Starlight City, Prestige Supernatural Academy (PSA)
We returned two days later. And the second we stepped onto the academy grounds, heads turned.
But that wasn't what bothered me. In my case, as soon as our boots touched PSA ground, I felt it. Something had shifted.
The air smelled different—heavier and somewhat sharper, laced with tension and the faint sting of old blood.
Ace walked beside me, conversational as always, but even his smirk faltered.
"You feel that?" he asked, keeping his voice low.
I didn't answer yet because my mind wasn't here.
It was still back at the estate.
Still standing outside the living room door with the weight of a prophecy echoing in my chest and my mother's words carved into my skull.
The Blood Moon Wolf. A girl born of blood and ash. Silver and violet.
Valerie.
My thoughts spiraled straight to that moment—when my mother's smile vanished the second her name left my mouth.
