The Rite of Eternal BondsThe palace was quiet.
Suspiciously quiet.
Which meant one thing.
Rael and Dineski were planning something.
Aliena realized this the moment she stepped into the eastern dining hall and found Sebastian sitting alone at the table.
No arguing.
No screaming.
No broken furniture.
No wedding planner crying.
Nothing.
Just silence.
And somehow—
that was infinitely more alarming.
Sebastian looked up from the document in his hands the moment she entered.
His gaze softened immediately.
Always immediately.
It still startled her.
No matter how many times it happened.
"Good morning."
His voice carried that low calmness she had grown addicted to.
The kind of voice capable of sounding dangerous and gentle simultaneously.
Aliena smiled faintly.
"Why is the palace quiet?"
Sebastian's expression immediately darkened.
"Because they're planning something."
"That's what I thought."
Neither needed to ask who "they" referred to.
Unfortunately—
