Lycan’s POV
The moment the word ours left my mouth, I knew it had shifted something that couldn’t be undone.
Information was leveraged. Control. Distance.
And I had just fractured all three.
I watched her carefully as the silence settled between us again.
Kaelira didn’t move immediately. She stood there, shoulders squared, but her breathing hadn’t fully steadied yet. I could hear it, too controlled, too measured, like she was forcing it into rhythm instead of letting it come naturally.
Don't panic.
Not a weakness.
Control.
Deliberate control.
Her fingers flexed once at her sides before going still again, like she had caught the movement and corrected it mid-action.
Most would have stepped back by now. Demanded answers. Reacted.
She didn’t.
She was absorbed.
That alone made he
