PRIMUS ALEXANDER'S POV
It was 1 hour past noon before a movement caught my eye.
Aquamarine.
Again.
From the workshop to the far hallway.
Then back again.
At first, I thought she was just restless. Maybe trying to distract herself. Then Katherine joined her. They spoke for a while in front of my workshop till Katherine eventually left.
“She’s been… quiet lately,” I muttered, eyes locked on the stained-glass window. “More than usual.”
She wasn’t avoiding me, not exactly. But the shift was there.
“So you can notice something like that?" Levi asked, but I could hear the mockery underneath.
“How could I not?” I replied. “She barely speaks to me unless I initiate it. Skipped breakfast. Lost in thought.”
She stopped asking questions. She stopped being interested in the things around
