All I can feel is horror—sharp, paralyzing, all-consuming. My breath stutters in uneven bursts, as if my lungs no longer know how to work. Words fail me completely. I can only stare at Salix, wide-eyed and frozen, as dread coils tightly in my chest. His gaze cuts through me, cold and unreadable, and in that silence, I know—we’ve been caught.“Salix...” Soren trails calmly.Holy smokes! How can he still remain calm after our very own cousin, Salix, caught us?I glance at Salix again—and I can’t look away. My eyes stay locked on him, drawn by something I can’t name. A prickling sensation creeps over my scalp, a warning I don’t quite understand. I search his face, desperate to read something—anger, betrayal, disappointment—but there’s nothing clear, nothing I can grasp. The expression I feared... it isn't there. And somehow, that terrifies me even more.Like Soren, he’s disturbingly calm—too calm.What the hell is going on? My mind reels. Why are both of them so composed?Their stillness
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