Chapter 27

  Silence didn't follow the argument.

  It lingered.

  Heavy.

  Unforgiving.

  The house felt different.

  Like something had been broken—not loudly, not dramatically—but in a way that couldn't be undone.

  Elara stayed in her room.

  Door closed.

  Phone face down on the bedside table.

  She hadn't...

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