Damian
I should have left when I first stood up, but I didn't, because when Elara met my eyes for the first time since she entered the room and saw the shock in her eyes, I suddenly felt the urge to stay and keep watching her.
"I thought you're going home," Marcus said when I sat back down and exhaled.
"I was planning to," I said, clenching my jaw as I tried my best to not look at Caleb and Elara.
Marcus raised an eyebrow. "What changed your mind?"
I didn't answer, because my attention already returned to the reason why I was here at the bar in the first place.
Caleb was still talking to her when I should have stopped watching.
That was the problem. I knew I should have looked away, rejoined Marcus, done literally anything else that made sense. Instead, my attention
