Chapter 112 – The Man Who Chose Her Every Time
POV: Liora
Kael's question settled between us like a wound neither of us knew how to touch.
"How many times have you watched me fail you?"
For a moment, I couldn't answer.
Not because I didn't have an answer.
Because the answer was wrong.
Not factually wrong.
Emotionally wrong.
The question itself was built on a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding I suddenly realized I had helped create.
The silence stretched across the balcony.
Night had fully settled over the fortress now. The mountains beyond the walls had disappeared into darkness. The torches below cast long shadows across the stone courtyards.
Neither of us moved.
Neither of us looked away.
For the first time since this conversation began, I found myself struggling to breathe.
Not because of fear.
Because of memory.
The moment Kael asked that question, something shifted inside me.
The walls I had built around certain memories began cracking.
