Chapter 77

*Elora*

The air in the room was thick with the kind of silence that presses down on your bones and makes everything feel like it’s about to snap. Kael hadn’t said a word since I told him about Corvus.

He just paced.

One step. Two. Turn. Back again. His fists were clenched so tight I could hear the creak of his knuckles.

I sat on the edge of the bed, hands locked together in my lap, trying not to c