Chapter 38: A Scrying Pendant

Elara’s POV

Over the following days, I threw myself into pack activities with renewed dedication, determined to prove Kaelen wrong about Mirageborn's value—perhaps more to myself than to him.

I trained harder with Lyra, volunteered extra hours at the orphanage, and even asked Tiber to teach me basic security protocols.

I saw little of Vander during this time. Since establishing appropriate boun