Where Shadows Meet Starlight

Previously

…Elara’s hands trembled. The sphere was still glowing. The chant was incomplete. Kael looked at her, his face pale. “Elara.” She met his eyes. “I made a promise.” “No,” he said. “Not this way.” Thorne shook his head. “There is another way. The Shadow Weaver is gone, but the merging is blocked, not undone. You have time. Time to find another answer. Time to—” He coughed, blood spattering his lips. “Time to live.” Elara looked at the sphere. At the half-mended pillar. At Kael, whose hand was reaching for hers. She didn’t know what to do.