Chapter 57: Midnight Comfort

Elara’s POV

Sleep eluded me as I lay in my tent, staring at the canvas ceiling illuminated by moonlight. The cool desert night air seeped through the tent fabric, raising goosebumps on my exposed arms.

Just as I was finally drifting toward sleep, a barely perceptible sound snapped me back to alertness—the whisper of a zipper being carefully drawn open at the entrance to my tent.

My body tensed ins