REED
I stood there, staring at Kai, his eyes distant after he mentioned his father was coming. I swallowed and asked with a low voice. "Are you ready?" Kai’s gaze didn’t shift; he didn’t even look at me as he answered. “I have to be.”
He walked over to the sofa and sat down with a calm I knew was only on the surface, and I followed suit, but the silence between us did not last long. Not even a minute had passed before the front door clicked shut. Then there were footsteps, and we both got back up.
Even before I saw him, I could feel the air pressure change, like gravity had doubled. The door opened, and my father entered first, followed by the mer king. Everything in the room seemed to shrink around the king as the atmosphere thickened. And I had no idea if I would ever get used to his
