Chapter 49

*Elora*

I couldn’t breathe.

The moment Varis’s teeth sank into my neck, something in me shattered.

I felt it—the snap. The severing.

The breaking of something that wasn’t meant to be touched.

The pain didn’t just stay in my shoulder. It erupted. It bled—hot and scalding through every inch of my body like wildfire under my skin. My heart clenched so hard I swore I felt it fracture. My wolf screamed