Chapter 7 The Weight of Silence

Kaelia

Night had fully settled outside, and I still hadn't changed out of my clothes. Perched stiffly on the edge of the bed with my spine straight and my hands folded in my lap, I waited to be summoned.

He would send for me. He had to.

There was no chance he didn't know what I had stumbled across. Men like Valen Di Falco didn't leave loose ends dangling, and they didn't leave questions unanswe