Testing Boundaries

***Ronin***

Dinner passed in a tense, suffocating quiet, the unspoken weight of my touch still burning in the space between us. After the final plates were cleared, Cella turned to me with a rigid posture, gesturing for me to follow her. She rigorously walked me through the precise household chores she expected me to complete while she worked her shifts at the clinic.

"Plates and cups are up her