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Chapter 30
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2026-05-07 11:01:59Elara dreamed of fire.
Not destruction.
Recognition.
Silver flames spiraled through darkness, bending toward her the same way the courtyard torches had. Only this time, no wolves were watching. No whispers. No humiliation clawing at her skin.
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Nothing happened.That was the first thing Elara told herself.Nothing dramatic. Nothing reckless. Nothing that would deserve Mara’s eyebrows in the morning, though Mara would probably use them anyway.Darius entered his room first and moved toward the chair near the hearth with the careful stiffness of a man trying to pretend his shoulder did not object to every step. Elara followed more slowly, pausing just inside the door.She had been in his room before, only in passing.Once, when Mara had insisted on delivering reports while Darius was halfway through changing his bandage after an old training injury. Another time, when an urgent message had dragged half the household upstairs during a storm. Never like this.Never because he had asked her to stay.The room was larger than hers, but not ostentatious. Dark wood beams crossed the ceiling. A fire had already been lit, casting low gold light over a wide bed, a desk near the window, and shelves filled with books that looked more used
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