Chapter 187

Elora

The whisper still echoed in my mind.

Sovereign… open the door.

The words hadn’t been spoken aloud, yet they filled the cavern like smoke that couldn’t be seen but clung to everything. They pulsed behind my eyes, wrapping around my heartbeat, shaping the air in my lungs. I sat in silence, legs drawn to my chest, the rune still glowing beneath my skin, dimmer now but no less present. Kaelen sa