Chapter 333

Elara's POV

What met my eyes were patches of uneven skin.

Burn scars.

Not just on his shoulder—those marks extended across his chest, abdomen, even his waist, a silent testimony to pain I couldn't imagine.

"How… how did you get all those burns?" I asked, my voice trembling before I could stop it. My fingers itched to reach out, to touch the roughened skin on his shoulder, as if that could c