Chapter 545 - Chapter 544 — The King Who Remembered Her

Elara could not take her eyes from the final sentence, for the words seemed to carry a weight far greater than the fragile paper upon which they had been written, and the silence that followed felt more unsettling than any threat she had faced since the crown shattered. Professor Adrian Vale stood beside the table with one hand resting against its edge, his expression caught between the relief of finally proving his mentor had not been deluded and the dreadful realisation that the truth might have cost Elias Wren his life. Across from him, Lucien had withdrawn into a stillness that Elara recognised as deliberate, while Vivienne closed the ancient vampire volume with such care that the faint sound of its leather cover meeting the pages seemed unnaturally loud. Elara slowly lifted her gaze towards the vampire prince, determined that whatever secrets he had guarded for centuries would no longer be allowed to shape her fate without her knowledge.