Chapter 373

Kaelen's POV

The car was quiet for a long time after we left the Grand Zenith.

Streetlights slid across the windows in broken lines. Grandma Sylvie sat with her hands folded in her lap, staring straight ahead. Bea had her arms crossed, jaw tight. Raina's fingers stayed laced with mine, her thumb moving once in a while across my knuckles like she was checking I was still there.

No one spoke until t