Eryndor
People fear silence too much.
Silence is honest. Silence tells you exactly what someone cannot hide.
Right now?
This room is loud with things nobody is saying.
Kaelith wants to drag Aria out of the council chamber and lock the rest of us out of existence. Cassian is pretending he’s unaffected while stabilizing the emotional atmosphere every time tension spikes. Lucien is one revelation away from dissecting the bond like an offended scholar.
And Aria—
Gods.
Aria is trying so hard not to realize how deeply she already affects all of us.
It would almost be adorable if it weren’t so catastrophically dangerous.
The strategy meeting ended twenty minutes ago.
No one left.
That should concern me more than it does.
Instead, I find it deeply entertaining.
Lucien stands near the
