Shattered Innocence: Transmigrated Into a Novel as an Extra

Chapter 511: Mana (2)

Chapter 511: Mana (2)

Aeliana's breath hitched.

A strange sensation prickled along her skin—subtle at first, like the ghost of a touch, but then it deepened, sinking beneath the surface.

An itch.

Not the kind that could be ignored. This was something else, something buried within her core, a pulse, a shift, a pull.

Her brows furrowed as she pressed a hand against her chest, fingers curling slightly against the fabric of her gown. It was faint but unmistakable.

Mana.

Her mana.

Her heart pounded as realization struck.

It had been nearly a decade since she had last felt this. Since the first time she had awakened, still just a child, still brimming with the potential of something new and unknown. But back then, she had only barely begun training, still learning the foundation of control, still trying to grasp the shape of the power within her.

Then came the illness.

Her body had failed her. Had swallowed her strength whole, leaving her nothing but weakness and exhaustion. The mana that had once stirred within her had faded into silence, lost, unreachable.

Until now.

What is this…?

Aeliana's fingers twitched as the sensation grew, the itch turning into something deeper, hotter, like a storm pressing against the inside of her ribs, begging to be released.

And then—

A flicker of light.

It came from her hands.

Her breath caught as she stared, her amber eyes widening. A faint, shimmering glow danced along her fingertips, like embers catching in the air.