Chapter 422

Finnian's POV

I noticed the change before I could name it.

Daphne had always been sharp with me. She pushed. She tested. She told me when I was wrong and did not soften it. That was the woman I married, and I liked her for it. But lately she had gone quiet in a way that was not peace. She smiled at the right moments. She asked about my day. She kissed me when I came home. And underneath all of it,