Chapter 374

Third Person's POV

Elara stared down at the card in her hand, her nose burning as if the name printed there carried its own sting.

Declan Caldwell.

The letters glimmered faintly under the amber lanternlight—each stroke of ink a blade cutting across her heart.

But that wasn't his name. Not truly.

He was Kaelen Valkar.

Her brother. The boy who once swore he'd never let the darkness take her.

Her vis