The drive back from the hotel passed in silence, rain slid across the dark windows of the car in uneven streaks while the city lights blurred outside like fractured reflections. The atmosphere inside the vehicle remained calm on the surface, but Seraphina could feel tension pressing heavily beneath her skin.
Lucien sat beside her without speaking, that silence was intentional and he was giving her room, which meant he already knew something was wrong. Seraphina kept her gaze fixed on the passing streets while Adrian's words repeated endlessly inside her head.
You reacted before the fire alarms triggered.
You avoided the exact section of the building that collapsed.
How many times have you looked at me and remembered something I never experienced?
Her stomach tightened again.
