CHAPTER 76: THE ANOINTED ONE

The moment stretched painfully as Dimitra’s accusing stare bore into him and Ermis’s disappointment weighed heavy on his mind.

The tension in the air felt almost tangible, thick enough to choke on, as though the very walls of the healer's chamber were pressing in on them all, witnessing the slow unraveling of secrets that had been long buried beneath layers of denial and fear.

Ermis already saw him as a betrayer. If he remained quiet now, he would only become ...