Chapter 193

*Elora*

I didn’t remember walking to the ridge.

I didn’t remember waking at all.

But the sun was already high when I blinked, my fingers stained red, my chest heaving with uneven breaths. The smell of ash clung to my skin. I stared down at my hands, heart thudding, trying to piece together why the copper tang in the air was too familiar—why my nails were crusted with blood.

Not dried.

Not old.

Fre