TIARA THONELLS
The moment her words echoed in the air, my eyes widened slowly, and for several seconds, I couldn’t breathe. It felt like everything around me had come to a halt, time itself paused while my heart pounded wildly against my chest like it was trying to escape. My vision narrowed and blurry, but then it began to clear... and that’s when I saw her face.
Elara’s face.
A chill surged through my body, and goosebumps rose on my skin as she showed me an expression I knew all too well, one I could never forget. But it wasn’t from her.
It didn’t belong to the face she wore now.
It was Darly’s expression, etched across Elara’s features like a haunting reflection from the past.
She glared at me, eyes wide and burning with rage, her jaw clenched so tightly that I could hear the fai
