Elariana After the alarm, everything happens too fast. The great hall that a minute ago was full of plates, conversation, and Lysa’s endless stories suddenly turns into disciplined movement. People stand up, benches scrape, weapons appear. Everyone knows where to go, and for a moment I just stand there, because my body remembers what danger used to mean. You are the target. Zane looks at me, and there is no question in his eyes. There is an order. “Come. Now,” he says. I move. Not because he commanded me, but because I know that if I stay alone right now, my mind will fall apart. The bond pulls, not painfully, just firmly. Toward him. We leave the hall. Warriors are already running through the corridors. Shouts come from the direction of the gate. Julie pulls Lysa toward a side passage, but the girl turns back and shouts, “Elara! Come!” Zane’s face hardens. “Go with them,” he tells me. I stop. “No,” slips out of me. He stops too and turns so th
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