Chapter 110: The Fire That Chose Her
Liam’s POV
The moment I caught her scent, the bracelet snapping, her aura, faint but burning, I knew something was wrong. Terribly wrong.
I ran.
Faster than wind. Faster than thought.
And then I saw her.
Curled on the grass like a broken thing… no, not broken, shattering. Glowing. Burning. Crying. Her entire body bathed in flickering blue fire, not flames that devoured but flames that bled. Her magic wasn’t lashing out anymore… it was consuming her.
And my heart stopped.
“Elara,” I breathed.
Gods. Her power wasn’t just reacting, it was dragging her inward, pulling her into some storm that her body clearly wasn’t ready to contain. And as if it heard me, her power flared, wild and angry, and swallowed me whole the moment I stepped closer.
But I
