Chapter 28

Elodie’s POV

Kiernan’s gaze lingered on me for what felt like forever, that blue ice cutting through the air.

For one insane moment, I thought, probably hoped, he’d say something. That he’d tell Vespera to back off, or at least acknowledge the way she had shoved me.

Instead, his lips curled. A cold, empty smirk.

“Vespera’s right.” His voice was low, but it carried above the other voices, slicing