Chapter 379

Kaelen's POV

I didn't sleep much.

The house felt different after the school incident. Quieter in the wrong places. Every creak of the floorboards carried more weight than it should have. I spent most of the night in the study with the old files Grandma Sylvie had sent over, going through them again even though I already knew what they contained. Proof of patterns. Proof of patience. Proof that Eli