Chapter 144

Third Person's POV

"Mm. Yes. I will save you. Always."

Elara's voice rang steady, strong—like steel cloaked in velvet. The words, fierce in their oath, smoothed the trembling of the child clinging to her, calming the frantic beat of his small heart.

And yet, those same words made the figure in the doorway freeze.

Dravos stood rigid. Every instinct in him went still, as though the world itself had