The King has been living on borrowed time.
I barely slept that night.
The healer’s warning kept replaying in my mind.
“Every time you heal someone, you give away a part of your own life.”
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the faces of the people I had saved.
I didn’t regret helping them.
But I couldn’t stop wondering…
How much time had I already lost?
The camp was unusually quiet before sunrise.
Most of the soldiers were still asleep.
I wrapped a blanket around my shoulders and stepped outside my tent.
The air was cool, carrying the scent of pine trees and damp earth.
I needed time to think.
Instead…
I found Kael sitting alone beside the dying campfire.
He was staring into the flames.
Lost in thought.
“You couldn’t sleep either?” I asked.
He looked up and smiled.
“Not t
