Chapter 430

Evelina

Silence settled between us like snow. Neither hostile nor comfortable, just there.

I finished my tea, setting the empty mug on the counter with a soft clink.

Alaric did the same.

The clock on the wall ticked. Eight forty. Theo would sleep for hours yet, his little body exhausted from the amusement park and sugar crash.

I moved away from him, needing movement, needing air, needing something