Elara’s POV
I stirred the moment Kael left the room, though I kept my breathing steady for a few seconds longer. The knock had woken me before he told whoever was outside to come in, and I had heard enough to know that something serious was happening beneath the calm surface he always tried to maintain around me.
Rhode was locked up.
Starved.
Punished.
My fingers curled into the sheets as I slowly pushed myself up to sit on the bed. The room felt too quiet now, too still, as if it were holding secrets in the walls.
I did not know whether I should feel relieved or afraid. Part of me was glad that Rhode had been caught because the memory of that night still clung to me like cold air. However, another part of me trembled at the thought of what Kael was capable of doing in my name. His v
