The world came back in shades of bruised purple and charcoal grey. I wasn't in the High Tower. I was in Kael’s private chambers, tucked beneath furs that smelled of winter pine and blood.I tried to sit up, but my wrists flared with agony. I looked down, gasping. The linen bandages were already seeping. Beneath them, the "Chains of Starlight" hadn't just melted, they had fused. The metal was now a part of my veins, shimmering beneath my skin like a silver curse. "Don't move," a voice commanded from the shadows. Kael sat by the hearth, his massive silhouette framed by dying embers. He was bare-chested, his ribs wrapped in blood-soaked gauze. He looked like a king who had won a battle but lost his soul."The pack?" I rasped, my throat feeling like I’d swallowed glass."Safe for now," Kael said, standing and walking toward me. "Darian retreated, leaving forty of his men to the crows. But you, Asha… you’ve given my people a new reason to stay awake at night."He stopped at the edge of
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