Chapter 228

*Elora*

“Give me the blade.”

The words cut through the air like iron, sharp and unyielding. Kaelen stood across the table, his jaw set, his eyes dark, and his hand outstretched. The chamber was lit only by candlelight, flames flickering against walls still cracked from the last rupture. The relic pulsed faintly in the corner, its fissure glowing like a wound that wouldn’t close, but all of my atte