All Chapters of Bound by Blood : Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

ELARA'S POV Caleb had turned back to his rifle, the steady, rhythmic scrape of his oil rag against cold steel filling the silence. But in my mind, the quiet was deafening.What is wrong with him?I stared at the back of his broad shoulders, my jaw clenched so hard my teeth hurt. What was he playing at? He spoke like a tactical genius, but keeping me trapped under ten feet of rock while the sun was blazing outside was sheer madness. Broad daylight meant visibility—it meant I could actually see a thermal scope lens glinting in the treeline before I walked into its range. It meant I could navigate the ridge without snapping an ankle in a hidden snow pit. Moving at midnight was a death sentence; navigating frozen granite in total darkness would only slow me down, making me an easy target for whoever was waiting in the shadows.He wasn't protecting me. He was hoarding me.A sudden, sharp wave of conviction washed over me, burning away the lingering weakness in my limbs. My arm was healed.