Chapter 121

Kaelen

Maren is trembling against me.

Not from fear.

Not from cold.

But from something rising inside her — something wild and ancient and frighteningly powerful.

And I can’t control any of it.

My arms tighten around her instinctively, pulling her against my chest as the wind slams into us again, carrying the faintest echo of Zarek’s twisted satisfaction.

He knows.

He senses her shift.

He senses me