Chapter 163

*Elora*

The snow had stopped falling, but the silence it left behind felt louder than any storm. Ash still clung to the branches like a warning not yet spoken. Our camp sat uneasy beneath the cold canopy, every flicker of flame casting nervous shadows on the canvas of our world. But it wasn’t the cold that made me restless. It was something older.

Something remembering.

Valerius had gone quiet aga