Chapter 252

Elodie’s POV

The return to the Vance manor was not the triumphant homecoming we had experienced after the mountain peak.

There were no victory shouts, no lingering warmth from a battle won. Instead, the air in the truck was thick with the scent of ozone that still clung to our clothes—a sharp, metallic tang that served as a persistent reminder of the near-miss at the high school. It was the sme