章 1483: Chapter 1483: The Price of Freedom

Elara blinked, her mind struggling to grasp the enormity of what had just happened. One moment, Kael had been standing before her, his voice filled with sorrow, and the next, he had vanished, leaving only the echoes of his words in the empty, suffocating void.

She reached out instinctively, hoping against hope that she could touch him again, that the darkness had played a cruel trick, and he would return, just like all the times before when their destinies had intertwined. But there was nothing. Just an endless expanse of nothingness, a hollow space where Kael's presence had once been.

Her chest tightened, her breath shallow, as panic slowly began to take root in her heart. She was alone. Truly alone. The storm had subsided, but in its wake, a heavy silence had settled over everything. The weight of his absence crushed her, the loss more profound than anything she had ever experienced.

"Elara…"