Chapter 77

“Cormac, she’s coming back,” Talia said, her voice trembling with emotion as she turned toward Cormac. There was a brightness in her eyes that hadn’t been there for years—a fragile spark of hope wrapped in layers of regret and longing. “Nyssa is coming back.”

“I heard,” Cormac replied quietly. His expression was unreadable, a mask he had perfected through years of leadership and guilt. “But Talia…