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Chapter 373 - Amber to Blue

"Mom?" he repeated, his small voice trembling. "Mom, what's wrong?"

She didn't answer. 

Her face contorted in a way that was hard to recognize: her once-gentle eyes had turned hollow, and dark veins stood out under her skin. 

Then, without any warning, she lunged forward and grabbed his throat with her hands.

I gasped, my own throat tightening in reflex. "Dristan…"

The boy beneath her struggled, clawing at her wrists. "Stop! Mom… please!" His small body jolted as faint sparks of lightning crackled from his fingertips, but the energy only made her scream louder. The sound was distorted, no longer sounding human.

"Please, stop!" he cried again, voice breaking.

Beside me, Dristan's hand clenched around mine so tightly it hurt. His jaw was set, and it was hard to read his expression. "She wasn't herself," he said in a low voice. "It was… like a curse… an old one. I didn't know then."

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