Chapter 165

Third Person's POV

Cerys might never have retaliated this fiercely-

not if things had stopped earlier, not if the bonds of childhood between her and Kaelen had not been ground into dust.

They had once grown up side by side, their scents familiar, their spirits twined like young wolves destined to run the same trails. Even later, when Kaelen lost himself in Vespera and followed Jagger into foolishn