Robin Hood did not speak immediately after the realization settled between them. He remained seated, his gaze fixed on the building in front of them, but something in his posture had changed. The stillness that had once looked like control now carried tension beneath it, like a storm pressing against a thin surface, waiting for the right moment to break through. Damien could feel it without needing to look, could sense the shift in the air between them, the quiet before something inevitable.When Robin Hood finally moved, it was subtle at first. His fingers curled slightly against his thigh, then tightened, then released again, as if he was holding onto something that refused to stay buried. His jaw set, and when he spoke, his voice was lower than before, stripped of its usual ease.“This isn’t random,” he said.Damien turned his head slightly toward him, already knowing where this was going, even before the words fully formed.Robin Hood let out a slow breath, his eyes never leaving
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