Elara's Pov
“What is happening here?!” The voice was cold and steady, cutting through the thick silence like a razor. It was Kieran.
My head snapped up. He was already walking toward the receptionist desk and his eyes, usually a calm brown, scanned the crowd with a predator's focus. He only took three steps before he was close enough to see my face fully.
I saw the exact moment his eyes landed on my face, he had a smile in his eyes upon seeing and then the next second a terrifying, absolute stillness fell over him. His dark eyes didn't just narrow, they went utterly black, and his jaw locked so hard the muscle twitched.
He dropped the papers he was holding and practically sprinted the last few feet to me,
“Elara? Who touched you?” He demanded, his voice low, gravelly, and vibrating w
