Chapter 160 Elara's Defense

• ~ Elara~
• The tension in the air was palpable as I stood in the middle of the Eastwind training grounds. My heart was racing, but my face betrayed none of the nerves coursing through me. I had been summoned here, not by choice, but because it had become increasingly clear that if I didn’t prove myself, I would remain the outcast they saw me as. The rumors of my supposed connection to Draven still lingered, and I was growing tired of the whispered accusations.
• Across from me, several warriors stood with arms crossed, their eyes assessing me with a mixture of doubt and suspicion. One of them, a burly man named Garrick, took a step forward. His voice was gruff, his posture oozing authority. He was one of the higher-ranking members of the pack, and from what I had gathered, he wasn’t someone who took kindly to outsiders.