Chapter 28

Elara's POV

I blinked in surprise.

"Have you really thought about being my bodyguard?" Zarek Vane asked, his voice low, deliberate.

So that was what he meant.

"I already told you—I'm not planning on being anyone's bodyguard right now. Besides, you have plenty of others protecting you. They're more than enough," I said, steady despite the sudden tension.

"But if it were you, no matter what danger c