Elera’s POV
Nobody spoke for several seconds after that.
The silence inside the conference room felt thick enough to choke on.
I sat frozen in my chair, my pulse still uneven while Kael’s hand remained firmly around my wrist beneath the table. The warmth from his touch spread steadily through my body, calming the violent storm inside me little by little.
But it didn’t erase what just happened.
Everyone felt it.
I saw it in their faces.
Fear.
Confusion.
Suspicion.
And somehow that terrified me more than the bond itself.
Across the table, one of the older executives slowly cleared his throat. “What exactly was that?”
Nobody answered him.
Kael’s jaw remained tense beside me, his expression colder than I had ever seen before. His thumb moved once against my wrist unconsciously, gr
