Chapter 78

Third Person's POV

Elara didn't dwell on things she had no business prying into.

So when Zarek warned her not to touch the room at the end of the third-floor corridor, she nodded without hesitation.

"Understood," she said calmly, shifting the urn of her parents' ashes in her arms. "Anything else I should know?"

"That's all," Zarek replied. His expression was unreadable, voice clipped with the kind