Chapter 181

Elvira POV

The air in the room felt too still, like it was bracing for something. Maybe because I was too still. The scent of burning wood filled the air, mixing with the faint floral trace of the perfume I’d sprayed hours ago. 

Cassian’s words still echoed in my mind.

He lied to me. Pretended to be a friend. Served Felen all along.

And his father killed Callen.

Every word was a punch to the chest, one that never fully landed but still left me breathless. I had stared at Cassian, heart pounding like a wardrum, watching his lips move, trying to believe that somewhere, there was a piece of the boy I thought I knew. The one who teased me when things got too heavy. The one who always stood at my side.

I’d gone numb somewhere between walking away from