Alara
I stormed out of Kaelen’s room, my heart pounding and my chest tight with anger and humiliation. How could he? How could he say her name, of all people? The name of the woman I had worked so hard to erase from his life, the woman who had walked away without a second thought. I slammed the balcony door behind me and leaned against the railing, trying to calm the fury bubbling inside me.
The cool night air hit my face, but it did nothing to soothe the burning in my chest. Tears welled up in my eyes, and I hated myself for it. I wasn’t weak, I wasn’t some fragile woman who cried over a man. But Kaelen… I had waited so long for him, for this moment, for our future together. And now, even after everything, Kaida was still haunting him.
I gripped the railing harder, my knuckles turning
