Elara's POV
"You packed too much," Damien said from the doorway.
I looked at the bag on the bed. Then at him. "I packed for four days."
"You packed for four days and every possible weather event."
"It is coastal. It changes fast."
He crossed the room and unzipped the bag and pulled out two things without looking at what they were and set them on the bed. "Now you packed for four days."
I looked at what he had removed. A spare jacket and a book I had not started and probably would not start. He was not wrong. I zipped the bag and picked it up before he could find anything else to edit.
Mom was in the hallway when we came downstairs. She hugged me first and then looked at Damien in the way she had been looking at him lately. Like she was still adjusting to how much space he took up in
