Chapter 79 – The Cost of Love
POV: Liora
The moment I let the power go, I knew there was no turning back.
For weeks, I had been standing at the edge of this decision, pretending there was still time to find another answer. Maybe Kael would recover on his own. Maybe the healers would discover something they had missed. Maybe all the warnings about my scars and my limits were wrong.
Standing beside his bed now, with my hand pressed against the torn flesh beneath the bandages, I knew exactly how foolish those hopes had been.
There was no miracle coming.
I was the miracle.
And miracles always demanded payment.
The power moved through me before I could think about stopping it.
Heat surged beneath my skin so violently that my knees almost buckled.
I sucked in a sharp breath.
The pain started immediately.
Not afterward.
Not gradually.
Immediately.
Every previous healing had hurt, but this felt different. Bigger.
The scars scattered across my body ignited at once.
My arms.
