Chapter 171

• Chapter 171: Revelations in the Aftermath
• SERENA'S POV
• After Mom's explanation, a heavy silence blankets us all. The weight of her words hangs in the air like dense fog, making it difficult to breathe, to think, to process. Her confession about being the last of a powerful elemental bending bloodline—about accidentally annihilating her own family as a child—has left us all momentarily speechless. I watch as tears stream down her face, her shoulders shaking with quiet sobs that she's clearly been holding back for years, perhaps decades.