Chapter 37: The Time Is Near
Kael pushed the door to their chamber open without knocking.
The room was quiet, the lamps already dimmed, and for a second he assumed she was asleep.
But the bed was untouched. The blanket was still folded the way it had been left earlier, and the chair near the window was empty too.
Only Ivy was there.
She was lying on the other side of the room, sleeping peacefully as if nothing had happened that day. Her breathing was slow and steady, completely calm, and that alone made something inside him tighten.
"Liora?" he called quietly.
No answer.
He stepped further into the room and looked around again, checking the corners, the balcony door, even the bathroom, even though he already knew what he would find.
She wasn't there.
That part unsettled him more than he wanted to admit. Liora rarely left the room unless someone called her.
