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Chapter Seventy-Three: Truth Has Teeth

Author: Jaxon Vale
last update publish date: 2026-02-13 15:43:39

(Third Person POV)

“Where were you?”

Kael’s voice cracked across the courtyard before the gates had even finished opening.

The riders froze.

Snow swirled between them, thin and restless, carried by a sharp dawn wind that bit through armor and fur alike. Frostveil warriors lined the walls above, arrows drawn but steady.

Elara stepped forward slowly, Mira wrapped against her chest.

“Stand down,” she told her guards without looking back.

But her eyes never left Kael.

He looked different out here.
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