Chapter 7 What Remains

Silence crushes the dungeon.

No one moves. The echo of Elina’s cloak at the gate is still ringing in my bones.

Luna is first to break.

She drops to her knees—not in front of me, but just… drops. Palms on cold stone, shoulders shaking.

“I—” The word shatters. “All these years I thanked her. F...