Raya returned to Adrian's master bedroom after leaving the garden, her steps light but her mind was anything but light. The mansion was quiet almost too quiet, the kind of stillness that amplified every lingering thought. She settled onto the large, luxurious bed and leaned back against the plush headboard, but her thoughts refused to settle. They kept circling back to the strange interaction between Adrian and Grigor earlier in the garden.
Something about it felt… off. Not strange enough to spark a full fight. Not strange enough to make her truly worried. Just enough to leave a faint, nagging unease in her chest. The more she replayed the moment, Grigor's gentle smile, the way he had carefully removed the flower petals from her hair, Adrian's cold command from the balcony, the more convinced she became that something significant had happened in Adrian's study afterward. She simply couldn't figure out what.
A while later, the bedroom door opened with a soft click.
