SOLD TO THE ALPHA KING
Declan looked like he wanted to object immediately, but Raven did not speak and that silence again meant he was already calculating outcomes instead of reacting emotionally, which usually meant he agreed even if he did not like it.
Bailey was the one who shifted the balance without even trying, because she had been watching the gate the entire time and not us, like the real conversation had already started outside and we were just late to it.
“He is not waiting anymore,” she said quietly, her eyes still on the courtyard below, and there was something in her tone that made it sound like she was not speaking about permission anymore but about inevitability.
“We are not doing this on his timing