Chapter 124

*Elora*

I needed to be alone.

No Slo. No Kaelen. Not even Rowan.

Especially not Rowan.

The guilt sat heavy in my throat, sharp and thick like a swallowed blade. The rogue’s death. The blackouts. The voice whispering through my skin like it owned me. I couldn’t look anyone in the eye and pretend I wasn’t cracking.

So I slipped away before dawn.

No one noticed. Or maybe they did and let me go.

I fou