Elera’s POV
Everything changed after that conversation.
Not visibly.
The world still looked normal.
People still worked inside Draven Corporation like nothing strange existed beneath the polished floors and glass walls.
Employees still carried coffee.
Meetings still happened.
Phones still rang.
But now every time I looked at Kael or Riven—
I knew.
Whatever connected us wasn’t temporary.
And worse—
it wasn’t normal even for them.
Two bonds.
The thought alone made my chest tighten.
I sat in the break room staring blankly at untouched coffee while my thoughts spiraled endlessly.
Kael and Riven.
Fire and calm.
Pressure and safety.
And somehow both reactions lived inside me at once.
“You’re thinking too loudly again.”
I looked up immediately.
Riven stood near the doorway h
