The Price of a Promise

Elira

It has been an entire day, and Kael is still not truly back yet.

The silence in the pack house feels much heavier than ever before, pressing down on me like a major storm I completely cannot escape. My hands tremble slightly as I sit on the edge of my bed, staring intensely at the floorboards as if they might hold the specific answers I urgently need.

Did Wane lie to me completely?

The thought twists violently in my chest like a sharp blade. I can still clearly feel ...