For the first time in days, the estate was quiet.Too quiet.After the attack, everyone had been ordered to remain inside the main territory. The gates were heavily guarded, patrols doubled, and every unfamiliar face was being questioned.Yet despite all the chaos surrounding us, I woke up feeling strangely peaceful.Maybe it was because Kael was still beside me.His arm was loosely wrapped around my waist, his breathing slow and steady.I turned toward him.For someone who was terrifying enough to make an entire council fall silent, he looked almost harmless while sleeping.Almost.I smiled.Then his eyes opened.“You're staring.”I immediately looked away.“I wasn't.”“You were.”“I was checking if you were alive.”He smirked.“Disappointed?”“Maybe.”He pulled me closer.“Liar.”I laughed softly.For a few seconds, neither of us spoke.Then I remembered his words from the previous night.*A family.*My smile slowly faded.“Kael?”“Hmm?”“Do you really mean it?”He opened his eyes.
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