Dorian’s POV
I didn’t need anyone to tell me, I knew already after all one doesn’t lead a pack by pretending to be blind, one doesn’t survive the things I have survived by ignoring the obvious around you for days, the air between Malik and Eve had shifted
It was subtle at first, the way her shoulders relaxed only when he stepped into the room, the way Malik’s eyes tracked her movements even when he pretended not to, and the worst part wasn’t even that I noticed, it was how it hurt.
There were times I watched them from across the courtyard, the way she walked beside him as if their steps knew each other. Her smile that had now become rare to some of course appeared when he said something to her, something only they heard. And Malik? He looked at her with the same warmth he came with, t
