Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five

Alonzo and Luka are promptly dismissed and the remaining three settle into the office, settling into the ocean's worth of tension.

For so long - too long - they sat in silence, quiet eyes darting around, looking everywhere but at one another as they avoided the elephant in the room. They all had so much to say, but no clue how to say it, not even knowing where to start. In all honesty, neither of the three were sure they even wanted to.

Instead, they sit in the silence, trying not to choke on the tension that rolls through the room like thick clouds of smoke. It made it hard to speak, hard to see things clearly again. And right now, it was making their lives that much harder.

Someone needed to speak. Someone needed to take care of this - take that first step to fix this once and for all. It was the only way to do so. And so, someone needed to do it.

And of course, that someone just had to be Liviana.

The raven looks around, eyes darting between the pair of siblings who couldn't even