The day everything changed began like any other.
Elara helped her mother in the healer's hut, grinding herbs while listening to villagers gossip.
But then, a rider appeared at the edge of town.
Dressed in dark traveling robes, with piercing blue eyes and a storm-weathered face, the stranger commanded attention without saying a word.
He rode straight to the village square and dismounted. His gaze swept over the townspeople—until it landed on Elara.
She froze.
Somehow, she knew he had come for her.