Chapter 155

Kaelen

The moment Maren says I’m ready, the world answers.

Not with thunder.

Not with fire.

With attention.

I feel it like a pressure change in my bones, like the land just inhaled sharply and hasn’t decided whether to exhale yet. My dragon lifts his head inside me, every instinct snapping tight, ancient awareness sliding into place.

He felt her, my dragon says.

I don’t ask who.

I already know.