Aria's POV
Ever since our conversation about his parents’ return, Klaus has changed.
Not in a bad way—not really. But I feel it. The way he hovers just a little too close, the way his eyes linger on me for seconds longer than necessary. His grip on my hand is just a little tighter. His steps fall in rhythm with mine as though afraid I’ll vanish if he’s even a heartbeat too far behind.
He's grown more protective. More possessive. As if I’d disappear the moment he turns his back. And I wish I could say I wasn’t affected—but I am.
Because the truth is… I’m terrified too. Of losing him. Of waking up one day to find that this—whatever this fragile, beautiful thing between us is—was only a dream. Klaus has become my anchor in a world that never stops shaking. He’s the only one who looks at m
