Elara's POV
The world inside my mind was suffocating. It was warped in darkness.
Amaris's voice surrounded me. “Let me show you, Elara,” she said, her tone laced with venom. “See the truth you refuse to face.”
The ground beneath me shifted, the cold, hard surface replaced by damp earth. When I looked up, I was no longer in my mind. I stood in the ruins of a village. Smoke hung in the air, mingling with the metallic tang of blood.
Bodies were scattered everywhere—men, women, children. Their lifeless eyes stared up at the sky.
“What is this?” I whispered, my voice trembling.
“Your mate’s legacy,” Amaris said, appearing beside me. Her form was pale and ethereal, but her eyes burned with rage.
She gestured to the carnage around us. “This is what Darian did, what his Lycans did. Women, children, the elderly—it didn’t matter. He slaughtered them all.”