Chapter 207

*Elora*

“Where the hell did you go, Rowan?”

My voice cracked the air sharper than I meant to, but the hallway had been empty one minute, and the next, he’d come stumbling through it like a man dragged from the other side of something. His shirt was torn at the collar, eyes unfocused, hair damp with sweat like he’d run through fire and didn’t know it.

He blinked at me.

Once. Twice.

Then looked down