Scars That Bind

Three years ago, Lena sacrificed everything—her body, her sight, her place at the hero's side—to save the man she loved and the friend she trusted. She gave up her Light Ring, buried her name, and vanished to a forgotten village at the edge of the kingdom, content to let the world forget the healer who broke herself for others. But some scars don't fade. They bind. As whispers of the hero's triumphant return and his glittering engagement ripple even to her quiet corner of the world, the past c