Chapter 174

*Kaelen*

She didn’t stir when I kissed her forehead.

Elora lay curled on her side in the bedroll, her breathing slow, face still flushed from the fire-memory. Valerius had insisted she rest after what happened in the chamber. Her body hadn’t stopped trembling for over an hour, and even now, her fingers twitched against the blanket like she was still lost in whatever the Gate had shown her. I knelt