Kael didn’t wait long.
Lyra barely had time to process the morning before she felt him again.
Not physically.
Just—
There.
She turned before she saw him.
And there he was.
Watching her.
“You’re thinking too much,” he said.
Lyra folded her arms slightly. “You don’t think enough.”
A faint smirk touched his lips. “That’s not true.”
Silence settled.
Different from before.
More aware.
“You told him?” Kael asked.
“No.”
“But he knows.”
Lyra didn’t deny it.
Kael stepped closer. “Good.”
Her brows furrowed. “Good?”
“I don’t like hiding,” he said simply.
That made her breath catch slightly.
Because he meant it.
Always direct.
Always certain.
“You make this complicated,” she said.
Kael stopped just in front of her. “No. I make it clear.”
Too close again.
Her heart reacted i
