I woke up to gray light filtering through the window and the strange sensation that something was different. Not bad different.
Just... different.
I lay there for a moment, staring at the ceiling, letting my body slowly remember how to move. Every muscle ached from yesterday's training, but underneath that familiar pain, there was something else.
A quiet hum of energy that hadn't been there before. The breakthrough last night had changed something fundamental, and I could still feel it pulsing beneath my skin.
Today was the day.
In a few hours, I'd board that jet with Mom and Mia and leave Frosthollow behind. Go home, spend one last night in my own bed, and then face the Path Awakening trial.
