The hallway didn't feel the same after Lila walked off. It was like a tiny c***k in glass, hard to spot but impossible to unsee once you did.
Neither of the men followed her right away. More than anything, that showed her she had really changed things. They just didn't know what to do. Not with the quiet. Not with the space she created, which wasn't pushing them away, but wasn't inviting them in either.
Lila just walked, not really going anywhere. Down one hall, then another. The estate felt different under her feet now, not because the place itself had changed, but because she had. She wasn't just waiting for someone to talk to her anymore. And without that waiting, everything felt... off.
Servants moved past her carefully, nodding a little. Guards stood up straighter as she went by. T
