Chapter 106

Zarek's POV

Elara turned away from me in the car, eyes fixed on the blur of streets through the window. I should have looked elsewhere, but I couldn't drag my gaze from her.

I hadn't expected to overhear her exchange with Zorath Grimrock at the registry today. His words still rang in my ears—calling the Vanes mad, warning her that my bloodline was a nest of lunatics. He wasn't wrong. That's what t