It was Caelum. I had never seen him like this before.
There wasn't the faintest trace of a smile on his face. His expression was cold and distant, making him look years older. The boy I remembered was nowhere to be seen.
Of course, the years he had spent abroad had changed him. He was already a man capable of standing firmly on his own.
Kaelan personally rose to greet him at the door, a polite smile on his face. "Mr. Ashford, it's truly an honor that you could spare time from your busy schedule to attend."
Caelum's gaze swept across everyone in the room. When his eyes passed over me, they didn't pause for even a second.
But his left hand slipped into his pocket. Whenever he was nervous, he always did that. Which meant that before coming here, he had no idea I would appear in this room
