|| Lilac’s POV ||
Then the doors opened.
Conversation died mid-sentence. Forks hovered forgotten over plates. Even the clinking of glasses stilled.
Alpha King Darius entered like the room owed him money— black suit tailored within an inch of its life, golden eyes sweeping the crowd with the ease of a man who'd never known fear. Luna Cassandra floated beside him in emerald silk, her smile as polished as her diamond choker.
And Kael.
He'd worn the grey suit I'd once said made his eyes look like liquid sunlight. Me in my past life would have gone weak on my knees at that look. But not anymore. Since I came back, I felt nothing towards him.
His gaze found me immediately, that familiar half-smile playing on his lips. Like we shared some private joke. Like he hadn't left me during the enga
