Selene's POV
Adrian didn't take me back to his chambers immediately.
We walked in silence for a while, his hand still resting lightly at my waist like he hadn't noticed it was there—or like he had and chose not to move it.
I didn't pull away. That felt like something I should think about later, preferably when he wasn't standing this close.
"Does it always feel like this?" I asked after a while.
"Like what?"
"Like the whole place is holding its breath."
Adrian glanced at me briefly. "Yes."
"That is unsettling."
"It is meant to be."
I nodded, not sure if that made it better or worse. Probably worse.
We turned into a wider hall, one I recognized. Familiar walls, familiar shadows that didn't feel like they were hiding something just out of sight. Only then d
