Chapter 109

Elodie’s POV

Silence hangs in the air after Garrick and the elders file out of Kiernan’s room, leaving the heavy scent of authority and worry behind them.

It settles like a fog over the small wooden cabin, and for a moment none of us speak. I can still feel the faint indentation of Kiernan’s hand on mine from earlier, and the memory anchors me enough to breathe again.

Dr. Aris shifts beside me in