Chapter 185: The Final Cut

Elira

Ten months later.

“Let me go! Get off me!”

Liora’s scream ripped across the execution ground, raw enough to scrape against bone. The guards brutally dragged her forward, her heels carving deep, crooked lines in the dirt as she kicked and twisted violently like a trapped, desperate animal. The harsh morning sun hit her face directly, exposing the total wildness in her eyes—rage, utter desperation, and madness all tangled together in a terrifying ...