Chapter 614: The Things Returning to the Surface
The medical facility had grown quieter, but not calmer.
Quiet was not peace here.
It was only the moment right before something broke.
The warm scent of herbs still hung in the air, curling through the corridors in slow, invisible threads. Lantern light flickered against stone walls, casting long, wavering shadows that seemed to breathe with the building itself.
Outside, the world remained distant—snow, wind, life moving on.
Inside, time had stopped around one bed.
Sophia's.
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Orion remained sitting where he was. His gaze focused on Lysander, who still had that frown on his face.
There was a slight tension in his shoulders, and the way his gaze did not settle properly on anything. The faint crease between his brows did not belong there unless something had gone wrong.
Orion finally broke the silence.
"Why are you frowning?"
"I'm confused," Lysander said.
Orion's eyes narrowed slightly. "Confused?"
Lysander nodded once.
