Chapter 119 – The Death She Couldn't Stop
POV: Liora
The moment I whispered those words, I knew they were already too late.
"You can't lose everything for me."
Kael looked at me, and for a brief second, the noise surrounding us seemed to disappear.
The arguing wolves.
The council.
The tension spreading through the arena.
None of it mattered.
There was only him.
Only us.
And the terrifying certainty growing inside me.
Because I had seen this before.
Not this exact moment.
Not this exact arena.
But the feeling.
The shape of it.
The path leading toward disaster.
The memories buried inside me stirred violently.
Dozens of lifetimes pressed against the edges of my mind.
Different faces.
Different names.
Different worlds.
The same fear.
The same helplessness.
The same ending.
My stomach tightened.
No.
Not this time.
Not again.
Across the arena, Kael's brother watched us with calm amusement.
The expression immediately set every instinct inside me on edge.
