Chapter 101 By Your Side

KAELITH

Kaelen-Primus and I sat on the long leather couch across from Belantha, our legs brushing together. He had unwrapped one of the candies and popped it into his mouth, then opened another one and fed it to me.

Belantha-Aether didn't say a word at first. She leaned back in her chair, her gaze shifting back and forth between us. The silence was thick, broken only by the sound of our chewing.

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