Elara Pov
I woke up to eyes on me, that uncomfortable prickling feeling you get when someone's been watching you for too long.
My body went rigid before I even opened my eyes fully because I knew whose gaze it was…
When I finally looked up Kael was sitting against the cave wall staring at me like I was some kind of riddle he couldn't quite solve.
"Stop it," I snapped, sitting up so fast my head turn…
Stop staring at me like a child that lost his mother..
He didn't even have the decency to look embarrassed, just kept those tired eyes fixed on my face.
"I'm making sure you're still you," he said quietly.
"Seraphina takes over when you sleep sometimes, I need to know which one of you I'm talking to."
My stomach dropped, the casual way he said it made everything worse somehow.
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