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CHAPTER 207
~Zara's POV~
The hum of the engine filled the silence of the car as I gripped the steering wheel tightly, my knuckles white from the pressure.
The city lights faded in the rearview mirror, replaced by the dim glow of the moon casting shadows on the empty highway.
My heart pounded in sync with the rhythmic thrum of the tyres against the road, but it wasn't fear coursing through me—it was determination.
For the first time since my rebirth, I realized there was a reason I had been brought back. This wasn't just chance or blind fate. Someone had a hand in this, and I needed to know why.
As the forest loomed closer, I slowed the car and pulled over onto the gravel shoulder. The headlights illuminated the edge of the dense woods, the trees standing tall and foreboding like silent sentinels guarding secrets long buried.
