Chapter 7

ELERA POV

I climbed into my car, my movements slow and mechanical, as though my body no longer belonged to me. The moment I shut the door, the outside world disappeared. The voices. The accusations. The mocking laughter. Everything faded behind the glass.

My trembling fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly. For a long moment, I simply sat there. I didn't cry. I couldn't. It felt as though I had already shed every tear I possessed tonight.

With an empty gaze fixed on the road ahead, I started the engine. The familiar rumble filled the silence before I slowly drove away from Crescent Pack without looking back even...