~Darius’s POV~
The mansion is quiet, footsteps echo faintly along the corridor outside. Staff going about their duties with their voices low. Guards are at their posts, alert and watching. Everything is exactly as it should be.
And yet…my mind isn't at peace. Her words keep echoing in my mind, sharp and taunting.
I stand by the window, my eyes fixed on the ridge beyond the gates. My gaze catches some children running across the field, their laughter the only thing cutting through the silence.
The early morning light stretches across the grounds, calm and peaceful. It doesn’t match the tension sitting beneath my skin.
Her words from last night stirred something in me, not anger but something else. The certainty that she believed every word she said without even wanting to hear my side.
