KILLIAN
The house is unusually quiet today.
Everyone seems quieter since my encounter with Raelynn. I haven’t seen her since I kicked her out of my library after having lost control and spanked her. That was more punishment for me than it was for her. I haven’t stopped thinking about that moment. It’s replayed in my mind at least ten times since she walked out that door.
For hours, I couldn't leave that room, and when I did, I took a walk around the house, hoping to see or hear her sobbing like she always does, but there was no sight or sound of her. I did peek in her room too, and she hadn’t been there at the time.
I expected this from her. I’m familiar with how stubborn she is, and I knew once boredom caught up with her, she’d start wandering in places she shouldn’t be in. What I did
