Elara's POV
Kael's expression did not change but his voice did, the warmth that had been in it all session pulling back into something cooler and more measured, his eyes fixed on Ravin at the far edge of the field.
"What is he doing here?" he said quietly, not loudly enough for anyone else to hear but with enough weight in it that I understood it was not a casual question.
I kept my voice even. "He wanted to observe."
Kael looked at me then, a brief searching look that lasted just long enough to make clear he was not entirely satisfied with that answer, and I held his gaze without offering anything more than what I had already said, and after a moment he turned back to the session without pushing it further, which I appreciated and also did not fully trust because Kael letting somethin
