Chapter 27
The Woman Between Grief And Marriage
The warmth from the walk disappeared quietly.
Not shattered.
Just… interrupted.
Kael stood still beside me.
His expression had changed.
Not guilty.
Not defensive.
Careful.
That alone told me enough.
He knew.
Selene and the pup weren’t the cause of everything—
but they were where the distance started becoming impossible to ignore.
Mira looked between us.
“She’s in the sunroom.”
No one moved.
Then Kael looked at me.
Not toward the hallway.
At me.
His voice stayed gentle.
“You don’t have to come.”
The words surprised me.
Because months ago—
Kael would’ve expected me there.
Luna duties.
Family obligations.
Support.
Now—
he asked.
I looked at him.
Then quietly:
“I want to.”
Not because I was ready.
Because I was t
