Chapter 81 – The Silence After the Storm
Liora's POV
The first thing I remembered was Kael dying.
Not the medical wing.
Not the healers.
Not the pain.
Kael.
The memory slammed into me before I even opened my eyes. Blood soaked through everything. The healer's voice telling me there was nothing more he could do. Kael lying motionless while life slipped further and further away from him with every passing second.
My eyes snapped open.
For a moment, everything looked blurry.
The ceiling above me shifted in and out of focus while my mind struggled to catch up with my body. My heart was already racing ahead, searching desperately for the answer to one question.
Was he alive?
I pushed myself upright immediately.
Someone gasped.
Another person moved suddenly.
I barely noticed.
My gaze swept across the room until it found him.
The breath caught in my throat.
Kael was sitting up.
Alive.
Not unconscious.
Not barely breathing.
Alive.
