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Elara’s POV

My phone’s GPS navigation glowed faintly in the dark cabin of my red compact car, its robotic voice guiding me steadily south. With every mile I put between myself and the freezing, unforgiving wilderness of Alaska, a fraction of the suffocating weight in my chest began to lift. The jagged, snow-capped mountains in my rearview mirror slowly surrendered to the flatter, warmer landscape