Elara'S POV
Deep down, that idea of hybrids didn’t settle well. It didn’t ring true.
I wanted answers and I was going to get them. The need burned in my blood, taking hold in my heart. I needed the truth—at any cost.
As much as I wanted to venture out on my own, I wasn’t sure I’d survive. For a while, 5th Circle would think I was dead, but since I wasn’t willing to disappear, eventually they’d be after me again. I was so tired of running. Why couldn’t I be strong and face my enemies? Maybe I could, especially with the people I needed at my side.
Lysander had come for me. Xavier had once offered me Penumbra Syndicate, but at the time I thought he was joking. What if he wasn’t? What if they could all be mine to wield as I wished and take down 5th Circle?
Forrest, especially, was a mani
