Kael didn't leave. He sat down outside her door and said, "My father used to say: 'A knight isn't someone who never falls. A knight is someone who rises, even when their knees shake.' "
Slowly, she put on her dark armor—piece by piece, breath by breath. It felt heavy, but not impossible. She stepped outside into the cold rain. Her legs were wobbly. Her heart pounded. But she walked toward the clock tower. Kara Sovalye Yukseliyor
When she arrived, the beam was enormous. Other knights stood around, shaking their heads. Elara didn't have super strength. But she had something better: she remembered an old lever system in the tower's basement. While others tried to lift, she ran down, pulled the rusted lever, and the beam shifted just enough for Kael's sister to crawl free. Kael didn't leave