~Aria ~
The silence between us is heavier than the shattered plates. I can still hear the echo of glass breaking, the last roll of a goblet settling somewhere across the dining hall. Kael’s eyes are on me, his body taut with the restrained violence of a storm that hasn’t yet chosen whether to break or burn.
My lips part to repeat what I said but no sound comes out. The words have deserted me, dissolved in the heat of his gaze and the sharp press of his fingers around my waist.
He leans in, voice low, far too calm. “For ruining my breakfast..”his thumb brushes my jaw, the touch deceptively soft,”.. l’m going to have you for breakfast instead”
My breath stutters. “You wouldn’t dare”
He chuckles, dark and amused, the sound curling around my spine like smoke. “Wouldn’t I?
He moves clos
