The Wendigo's Girl

Previously

…She was alone again, the silence of the cottage amplifying the turmoil within her. Maeve’s visit had not brought clarity, but a deeper, more profound confusion. The seeds of doubt had been sown, and they were already beginning to sprout, their tendrils coiling around her heart, threatening to choke the fragile bloom of her feelings for Kael. Could she truly love a monster? Could she trust him? Or was she simply a pawn in a game she didn’t understand, a lure for something far more ancient and sinister? The questions echoed in the silence, unanswered, leaving Elara suspended in a terrifying, uncertain twilight.