Lucien POV

When the glow finally faded from Ivy’s skin, I stood there without moving. I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t even know what I was feeling. Everything inside me felt tight. My chest, my throat, everything. She stood in the center of the room, breathing hard and staring at her own arms like she wasn’t sure they belonged to her. The last traces of red light pulsed under her skin before disappearing

Her body looked the same, yet not the same. There was something different ...