ELARASound came back to me before sight did.Muffled. Fading in and out like someone was speaking through water.Then came pain—sharp, pulsing through my ribs, down my spine, curling into my hands. Every breath I took hurt, like something inside me was clawing its way out.“Elara,” a voice said. Not a whisper. Not a shout. Just raw, breaking. “Please.”Kael.My eyes fluttered open, the world tilting in and out of focus. There was mud on my cheek, and rain dripping from Kael’s hair as he hovered over me, his face pale and wild. Damon knelt beside him, trying to steady me, while Cassidan paced in the background, muttering under his breath and gripping his head like he could crush the guilt out of it.“Kael,” I croaked. My voice sounded foreign, cracked and distant.His head jerked toward me instantly, eyes burning gold at the edges. “I’ve got you. You’re okay.”No, I wasn’t. Everything hurt. My skin felt like it was splitting, my heartbeat too slow, too wrong.“What… happened?” I whisp
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