Chapter 9
- Alera's Pov
- The training ground buzzed with activity, but all I could focus on was the sharp sting of my thoughts. Darius. My rejected mate.
- I was no stranger to pain. I had endured loss, betrayal, and even the agony of my own broken heart when he chose power over me. But nothing, nothing, could prepare me for how deeply it hurt to see him here—so close, yet so far.