Chapter 76

*Elora*

I couldn’t breathe.

It was like my lungs had forgotten how to function. Like the air was there, but it wouldn’t go in—wouldn’t stay. My fingers were shaking. My hands were cold. And all I could do was stare at the parchment crumpled in my lap like it had grown teeth.

His name was on it.

Kaelen Vandar.

Circled in blood red.

Marked.

Next.

A scream crawled up my throat, but it got stuck somew