Aria's Pov
Leah's heart raced as the sound of heavy pounding on her front door echoed through the house. She knew she couldn't ignore it any longer.
The urgency in the voices outside conveyed a sense of imminent danger. With trembling hands, she went to the other room to see her daughter, who was fast asleep on the bed with no care in the world.
Amidst the chaos going on outside, she sat on the bed and touched her daughter's head, using her hands to trace every aspect of her face as if memorizing it for the last time. Then she placed a kiss on her forehead.
She stood up, clasped her hands together with her eyes closed, and started chanting strange words. She glowed a bright orange for a split second, then opened it, which was also orange in color but later changed to emerald, which seemed to be her real eye color.
