Azura's POV The absence of Elias weighed heavily on my heart like an anchor dragging me down into the depths of despair. It had been so long since he had last been by my side, his reassuring presence a constant source of comfort and strength. Without him, I felt adrift, like a ship lost at sea with no guiding star to steer me home. I had only just found my soulmate, the one person in this world who understood me in a way no one else ever could, and now he was gone. The loneliness gnawed at me, a constant ache that I could never seem to shake. With Elias gone, my strength had waned, and my spells had lost their potency. It was as if a part of me had been ripped away, leaving behind nothing but an empty void that echoed with the hollow sound of my own loneliness. I knew deep down that my

