Chapter 153

*Elora*

The bond stirred before I did.

Not a tug. Not a whisper.

A low, pulsing call—like blood humming in the earth beneath me.

I sat up in my bedroll, the cold already licking at my skin. The fire from the night before had burned to embers, and everyone else remained asleep, scattered around the main circle. But I couldn’t rest. Not when my chest felt like it was vibrating from the inside out.

I