CARDAN MONTESSORI
I could smell a rat!
I woke before the sun and stayed awake long after it died. Things had a way of not staying hidden in this place… not for long. Faces leaked stories, guards whispered in corners, chairs shifted under weight. Still, I was surprised at how quiet everything was around Nora and Kai. It was the quiet that made me crawl.
I had watched them all week. Not like a man in love watches, but like a wolf tracks a scent. I watched the way Nora leaned in when Kai spoke. The way Kai's hand brushed her back and didn’t look accidental. I watched how they left rooms together, how their steps matched like two stones on a stream.
These were small things, but I know better that small things can hide big things.
That morning I called Kai to the war room. I told him I wa
