WHISPERS BETWEEN SHADOWS
The morning sun spilled lazily across the keep, glinting off the polished stone floors and sending golden light slanting across the high walls. Elara moved quietly, still carrying the faint warmth of yesterday’s closeness with Kael. Even though he was fully healed, even though nothing threatened him now, the memory of holding him through his pain still clung to her skin, leaving her with a flutter in her chest she couldn’t shake.
She adjusted the hem of her dress, her hands trembling slightly. Every movement made her feel alive in a new, dangerous way, like her heart was both lighter and heavier all at once. She hadn’t realized how much of her had been tethered to him, how much of her had become him in those long hours beside his bed. And now, seeing him laugh, w
