Elara’s POV
“Do you think she will be alright?” I asked softly, lifting my head to look at Kael’s face after a long stretch of silence between us.
The small house was quiet except for the faint rustling of leaves outside and the steady rhythm of his heartbeat beneath my ear. His fingers moved lazily along my arm as though he were drawing invisible patterns into my skin.
“Do you want to go and find out?” he asked without opening his eyes.
There was something tempting about the idea of returning just to see the damage I had done, yet the thought of stepping back into that tense atmosphere made my chest tighten.
“No,” I said honestly. “I like it here.”
A faint smile curved his lips before he adjusted me slightly against his body with one arm. The shift pulled me closer, and that was whe
