#Chapter 134: Whispers and Warnings

Lyra POV

I answered the phone as I walked through the upper levels of the shopping center. Kaelen's warm voice greeted me, and my mind drifted for a moment to the first day we officially met. It had been in his office building, on the day this very shopping center opened.

Back then, Kaelen had no reason to trust me. He didn’t truly know who I was, yet he had agreed to the terms of my offer—to help