The Weight of Silence

Even with her light tone, Alaric could hear the ache buried underneath.

A small smile tugged at his mouth. "So things went south again?"

'Makes sense,' Alaric thought. 'Dorian must've gotten totally owned by Aria, which explains why he had that attitude when he saw me earlier.

'Guess he decided to dump all that on me. Pathetic.'

Alaric couldn't stop the quiet contempt that rose inside him.

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