Chapter 151

Kaelen

The bond doesn’t scream.

That’s what terrifies me.

It slides—just a fraction out of alignment, like a compass needle twitching away from north. Subtle. Quiet. Easy to miss if you aren’t listening with every part of yourself.

I stop mid-step.

My dragon snaps to attention at the same instant.

She has shifted her center.

My chest tightens. “Maren?”

No answer. Not through the bond. Not through