Chapter 69

*Elora*

I didn’t remember falling asleep.

One moment I was curled against Kael’s chest, breathing in his warmth like it was the only thing tethering me to this world. The next, the air changed. Thickened. Bent around me like a slow exhale. I wasn’t in bed anymore. I wasn’t even sure I was me.

The ground beneath me crackled with fire.

Trees burned around me in towering walls of red and gold, their