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Chapter 24

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Serena

It started with a knock.

Not urgent. Not soft.

Just… there.

I stood in the kitchen, hands still damp from rinsing out Ari’s cup. Ma was in the other room, settling Ari into bed, humming one of those old, familiar lullabies that wrapped around the walls like memory.

I dried my hands. Walked to the door.

I already knew who it was. I could feel it.

Kael.

I opened the door slowly.

He stood there—dressed down, for once. No cloak. No crest. Just a black shirt, rolled at the sleeves, and a silence in his eyes I couldn’t read.

“Is he asleep?” he asked.

“Almost,” I said.

He nodded once. “I can come back later.”

I almost let him leave. Almost told him to turn around.

But something inside me—something old and curious—held me in place.

“Come in.”

His gaze flickered. Not in victory. Just… surprise.

He stepped in, slow, careful, like the room might shatter if he moved too fast.

It was the first time he’d been inside the apartment since we’d arrived.

He lo
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