Chapter 70: A Spark of Romance.

Chloe had spent the weeks since her awakening as a Wildsoul guardian caught up in harsh training and study under the hands—almost talons—of the old forest spirits themselves. By day, she would meditate among the songs of nature, attuning her senses to the delicate threads of life that bound everything. At night, she would go out into the wild for solitary walks, letting the magic run in her veins as she trained in calling the primal elements. Flames would burst to life in her palms, only to be washed away seconds later by spontaneous downpours. The very air itself would churn and swirl according to her will. It was as if in a dream, but the eyes were finally open to the mystical undercurrents that pulsed in the fabric of existence itself. She didn't know how it would manifest yet in her life, but Chloe was feeling the energies of the universe that coursed through her with increased potency. But still, amid all that crashing work of learning to control and use her new power, she ofte