Chapter 46

*Elora*

The air outside Varis’s room felt colder than I remembered. Maybe it was just me. Maybe it was the weight of what I’d just agreed to. My feet carried me down the hallway, but it felt like I was walking through fog—thick, silent, suffocating.

My hands trembled at my sides, the echo of Varis’s voice still clawing at the back of my mind.

“You have to reject him, Elora. It’s my only condition.