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Chapter 143 – Fever Pitch

Author: Quinn Montclair
last update Huling Na-update: 2026-01-02 15:03:45

Kieran

Alexei’s sitting in the chair by the hearth, staring at the flames, but he isn’t seeing them.

I know this because a log pops, sending a shower of bright orange sparks spitting onto the stone hearth, and Alexei doesn’t even blink.

He just sits there, one hand resting on the arm of the chair, his fingers drumming a silent, erratic rhythm against the leather.

Physically he’s in the room. I can smell him. I can see the rise and fall of his chest.

But he isn’t here.

He’s retreated somewhere deep inside himself, disappearing behind the green eyes that usually track my every movement.

He’s been like this ever since I came out of my office earlier. He was fine in the morning, and then, when I saw him again, he was this hollowed-out version of the man I love.

It terrifies me more than the riots. It terrifies me more than the red ink in the ledgers.

I can fight a riot. I can fight a deficit. I cannot fight this silence. It feels like he’s saying goodbye, even though he hasn’t moved an
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