Chapter 408:

Inside, they stopped at the intersection of passageways.

“Your old rooms in Blackstone have been prepared for you, Aekeira. But I’ll have a room made ready for you, Emeriel, in Frostfall, near the grand king’s chambers,” Lord Ottai said. “Rest assured, no harm will come to either of you within these walls. I’ve assigned my most trusted soldiers to keep watch. It’s been a long journey for all of us. We will rest tonight. Tomorrow is a new day.”

At midnight, while the rest of Ravenshadow slept, Emeriel stood alone in the corridor outside her chambers, staring into the darkness, letting the silence wrap around her.

How sick was he?

Emeriel hated how much it bothered her. She had worked so hard to rid herself of feelings like this. Submerged them deep until she was numb to them.

But now, here they were, creeping back to the frontline like traitors in the night, robbing her of sleep.

She was back in this accursed place. The source of so much pain…and yet it still felt like home.

Her shoulders lifted in a deep breath and fell. What could she even do for him? What if she could not help him?

by. She stayed until her legs ached. What would tomorrow

weight of her thoughts, she turned back into her room. Lying on

the moment realization hit Emeriel with the force of a loaded carriage. Something crucial she had forgotten to pack for

“My heat suppressants!”

How could she have forgotten to

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throat seized, and

not here, not now. If

grand king triggered

settled like rocks in her

herself to stay calm. To breathe. “It’s alright. You’ve never missed a dose in

a deathbed, and once he recovers, you will leave Navia

will be fine.

over and over again. Slowly, her pulse steadied. Wiping her sweaty brow,

of time went unnoticed as her mind drifted far, far away. Only when the first

IN THE SPIRIT REALM

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