Chapter 407

Elara's POV

"Ah—!"

Jessa's scream tore through the smoke-filled stairwell, sharp and feral.

Her body pitched backward, boots scraping uselessly against scorched stone as gravity claimed her. Instinct made her claw at the air, fingers grasping for anything, anyone, to stop the fall.

I moved before thought.

My hand shot out, fingers locking around her wrist just as her weight dragged downward.

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