Chapter 412

Third Person's POV

Zarek stood beside the hospital bed for a long time, his silver-gray eyes fixed on Elara's pale face.

The steady rhythm of the heart monitor was the only sound in the room, a mechanical echo of the fragile life still tethering her to this world. The scent of antiseptic could not fully mask the faint trace of her wolf—storm-wind and pine resin, stubborn and unyielding even in wea