The wooden spoon in the hand was clenched tight, with knuckles slightly pale.
No one had proactively brought up bonding before because everyone understood where the boundaries lay.
Seraphina Caldwell was unwilling to bind with anyone easily.
This was a consensus reached after multiple conflicts.
Now, Gideon Larkin had torn open this baseline with just one sentence.
Isaac Vaughn felt a sense of offended discomfort.
Although he knew Gideon meant no harm.
His bigger worry was the pressure Seraphina might feel because of this.
In the corner, Kaelan Hawthorne raised his head, a fleeting wave in his eyes.
He immediately lowered his eyelids, quietly continuing to drink the soup.
But in fact, the tip of his ear twitched slightly.
He didn't have strong opinions about bonding itself.
But he was very clear that once this matter was brought to the table, it meant the balance would be broken.
And once the balance was disrupted, subsequent problems would follow.
