Chapter 145

Kaelen

The sun hadn’t quite broken through the clouds that morning, and maybe that was for the best. The sky hung low over the mountain ridge, heavy and gray, thick with the scent of damp stone and wildfire ash. The kind of morning that made you feel like the world was holding its breath—waiting for something to crack.

I found her near the leyline basin. Again.

Elora sat cross-legged on the bla