Chapter 40

Zarek's POV

I set Elara Valkar's phone on the bedside table, my eyes tracing her even in slumber. The sedatives had her deeply asleep, but even in this unconscious state, she wasn't entirely peaceful. Her pale skin glowed with a faint flush, her body radiating heat that seemed to fight against the medicine coursing through her veins. Occasionally, soft, broken murmurs escaped her lips.

It was the