Chapter 61

Elara's POV

"It was what my parents left me," I whispered, my voice barely steady. My eyes lingered on the money that had once meant survival, but to me it carried only grief and the scent of loss.

He didn't notice. Dravos's joy, his ambitions, had blinded him then. He hadn't seen the sorrow in my gaze.

Step by step, he came closer, his voice rough like a wolf's growl caught in his throat. "Why di