The quiet of the Eclipsed Domain stretched around them, endless and unbroken, as Kara stood before Vaelith, her thoughts a storm of emotions she could barely contain.
The weight of everything she had learned still pressed down on her chest—the truth of Elarion, the war, the Elementals, and most of all, the revelation that she had been at the centre of it all. She had loved Vaelith once, had fought beside him, and had chosen to sacrifice herself in a war that had never truly ended. And now, after all this time, after lifetimes apart, she had finally found him again.
And he was sending her away.
Kara’s fingers curled into fists as she searched his face for an explanation. "You’re sending me back?" she asked, her voice sharp with disbelief. "After everything you showed me, after everythin
