Chapter 194

* Elora*

The sky hadn’t cleared since the leyline pulsed violet. It hung thick and heavy, like ash waiting to fall. I hadn’t seen Kaelen since he walked away, and though the bond remained—quiet, low—it was like someone had placed a wall between us.

I didn’t know how to tear it down. Maybe I didn’t want to.

The stone beneath my feet still radiated the heat of my last outburst. The scorched circle s