After our meeting, Kael didn’t just ask them to leave.
He herded them.
Orion barely had time to open his mouth before Kael physically steered him toward the front door, Calen following with an amused shake of his head while Lyra muttered something about finally getting peace, and Nova smirked like she’d seen this exact outcome coming from miles away.
The door shut behind them with a solid, final thud. Silence settled over the house. Not an empty silence—no, this one was full. Warm. Charged. Heavy with everything we hadn’t said during the meeting.
I exhaled slowly, leaning back against the table, watching Kael as he turned the lock with deliberate care, as if the outside world no longer existed.
“Was that necessary? Kicking them out?” I asked lightly. He turned, already smiling in that
