Kaiden stood directly in front of me, tall enough that the silver light filtering through the fae halls cast part of his figure into shadow. His brows were furrowed deeply as he stared down at me with an expression I could not immediately understand.
For a brief moment I simply looked back at him in confusion before speaking. "What is it, Kaiden—"
Before I could even finish the sentence, he suddenly lifted a hand and rested it against my head. I froze completely. My eyes widened instantly in undisguised shock as his large hand patted my hair with surprising gentleness. For several long seconds my mind went entirely blank because nobody ever touched me so casually. This was the first time someone had ever patted my head, nobody cared for me in my last life to do it and in this life no one dared to except Elias who hasn't even done it before. Yet Kaiden looked entirely unconcerned.
