KAELEN POV
I walked back to my chamber, my steps heavy, anger burning through my veins. Morrin… that i***t went too far. Hurting her. Touching her. I could still feel the echo of her pain like it was carved into my own skin. Even from a distance, it clawed at me.
My jaw tightened.
And then Orin's voice replayed in my head. "Boy, we need to talk."
Whenever he said that, it meant something serious. Something I wouldn't like. Orin never wasted words.
He isn't just a healer. He isn't just some elder I tolerate. He's… more. The closest thing I've ever had to a father. Not the coward, cruel man who threw me out at twelve and left me to die in the ruins of Velkorin. Orin found me after that. Helped me. Taught me. Hardened me. Made me the man I am today.
I fought my way up from
