Chapter 279

Elara's POV

I froze for a heartbeat, the realization slicing through me like the cold winter wind that swept over the Glyphrock Grounds. So… Zarek's mother had chosen that day—his birthday—to leave this world?

The thought settled uneasily in my chest, heavier than any pack duty or battlefield I had endured. The sorrow that flickered across my expression must have been visible, because his v