What just happened...
Aether had just killed Vesperine. Right there. Right in front of Kaelen's eyes.
Everything froze.
Why?
Why did he do it?
It all happened so fast—almost unreal, like a dream turning into a nightmare in the blink of an eye.
One second, she walked into the room… and the next, she was gone.
Aether snapped the moment his eyes locked onto Vesperine. The moment he noticed her trembling gaze when she looked at Aqualina and Selene, like a predator caught red-handed. The moment he turned his head and saw Kaelen smiling—so happy, so alive, his heart full of love.
Something inside Aether shattered.
Was she manipulating his son?
Was she toying with his boy's heart—pulling his strings like he was nothing but a puppet?
And when she looked at Aether… with those lust-filled eyes, like she saw him as her next conquest… another victim to play with…
That was it.
