Chapter 65: Awaken

~Lilith’s POV~

Leon dropped Aurora’s wrapped body at my feet like a warning...like a threat. As if daring me to prove myself.

"No damn way we’re trusting you right now," he growled. "If you’re really who you say you are, wake her up."

I knelt slowly beside Aurora’s body, the chill of death clinging to her like frost on a winter grave. Her skin was pale too pale. Her lips had long lost their color. But there was something still whispering under her ribcage... a flicker... a sliver... life.

Good.

"She’s not gone yet," I murmured. "But she’s close. Very close."

I placed my palm over her heart, and with the other hand, I snapped my fingers in the air—sending an invisible pulse through the room. The wind shifted, circling us like a whispering serpent. My voice dropped low, ancient words slipping from my lips like silk-drenched poison:

"Mortem, redde quod non tulisti.

Vitae flamma, revertere.

Cordis pulsus, audi me.

In nomine matris magicae... Aurora, redi ad nos."

The air thickened. A low hum vibrated through the floor. The candles flickered though there was no wind. Shadows danced against the walls, and I felt the threads of the Otherworld tightening, answering my call.

I leaned closer, my fingers glowing a deep violet as I pressed two fingertips over her sternum.

"Your time was not now," I whispered into her soul. "Come back. Come back, child of magic."

A long moment passed.

Then her chest twitched. Her lips parted. But no breath came.

Then—a coughA weak, dry, hollow cough. The room held its breath.Aurora’s eyes fluttered. Correct content is on NovelFire.

as if forced by some unseen hand.

firmer now. "Come on, little witch. You’ve fought harder battles.

Her fingers twitched.

forward, wide-eyed. "Is

was already halfway through the veil. I need complete silence

one at her forehead and one over her belly. I

"Anima fracta, noli fugere.

Per matris amorem, renasceris.

In lumine lunae, redeas.

redi

outward from her body. Every single

And then...Aurora gasped.

breath like someone drowning finally breaking the surface. Her

She blinked. Once. Twice.

"...Caspian?" she croaked weakly.

filled the room. Leon dropped to his knees beside her,

her body stirred with a weak cough.

me and said firmly, "You see? I’ve

wasn’t easily swayed. His jaw was clenched,

Aurora," he said slowly, "but what are we going to

how to explain it.

one can switch those emotions back on... except her. If Hazel doesn’t want to feel again, nothing and no one

"So what now? Just wait and

need to give her a reason," I said. "A powerful one. One that matters to her enough to break through the

idea," Cayden snapped. "Too risky. She could kill someone before she even thinks about turning her emotions

don’t like it either," I said plainly. "But that doesn’t

don’t have time to wait for Hazel to decide what she wants. We either

in a prison? No.

turned to him. "We have no

spoke up, stepping from the shadows. "We can’t

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