#Chapter 219: Similarities

Charles As Elara and I stepped out of the cramped office, I released a pent-up breath. "That certainly went much worse than you hoped," Elara said, looking up at me. My heart clenched a little, seeing her face. The shimmer of the privacy barrier wrapped around us. I braced myself for what she would say. "You were in top form," I said. "Was that you as Lady Fireborn or my aunt?" She smiled. "Lady Fireborn would have liked to say several more very undiplomatic things to Alpha Wolfe." I winced at that. "Do unload." "Fireborn or Aunt 'Lara?" I winced. "Fireborn." She lifted her head. "I see nothing I would ally with, not even at my last breath, in her." My eyes widened. My breath caught in my chest. That is not what I expected her to say. And based on her expression, it wasn't what she wanted to say either, but what she felt I needed to hear. "I..." I swallowed. "Lady Fireborn, I... I don't know what to say to that." "I could not see her stand in fire nor raise a banner for yo