Chapter 113

• Lily’s POV
• The wheels rolled over the last patch of soft dirt and onto the smooth, stone driveway of the estate. Beta brought the car to a steady stop, solid and silent, like a sentinel at the border between the forest and civilization. He handed me a package. Inside were Ethan’s and my clothes, still carrying the damp, wild scent of the woods, a lingering trace of who we had been.
• Changing into regular clothes, the past three heart-pounding days felt folded away, tucked into a pocket, leaving only a faint pulse beneath my skin—a raw, fresh power. The curse’s chains had loosened, and with them came an unexpected gift: an incredible healing force born from the nightmare we’d survived.