Side Story 5:

Kaelen’s POV:

The world seemed to slow down, every sound fading into a distant hum as I focused on her. Her eyes, those captivating phoenix eyes, seemed to glow a burning red for a brief moment, whether from anger or from something else entirely, before they shifted, fading back to their normal onyx color in the blink of an eye.

Had I hallucinated?

I watched her, my brain struggling to reconcile t