Chapter 199

*Elora*

That night, I didn’t sleep.

I tried. Gods, I tried. I curled beneath the thin wool blanket, stared at the ceiling for hours, let the candles burn low, one by one, until their flames sputtered and died. But the heat under my skin wouldn’t let me rest. It wasn’t fever. It wasn’t illness.

It was power.

Too much of it, pulsing just beneath the surface like a storm itching to break through. The