Chapter 78

*Elora*

Kael couldn’t explain the truth to them.

Blood oath.

But nothing said I couldn’t.

That’s how it started—our last full day before Midwinter. Sitting in the back corner of the library with Slo and Rowan, surrounded by ancient books that no longer mattered, the smell of dust and moon-sealed ink curling in the air. My palms were damp. My throat felt like ash. But I told them everything.

Not ju