|Kairos|
Just as everything was finally set, Snow turned to me, her voice calm but firm.
“You’ll need to wait outside while I help Stephanie,” she said, leaving no room for negotiation.
I blinked, my brows drawing together in a frown. The shift caught me off guard—abrupt, unexpected. I stared at her, my mind struggling to process what she'd just said. Her words echoed in my ears, but they didn’t make sense. Not to me.
I stepped closer, instinctively reaching for her hand. My fingers closed gently around hers, grounding myself in her presence.
“What do you mean?” I asked, my voice low, tinged with disbelief.
She exhaled slowly, her expression softening into something almost apologetic. There was a calm resignation in her eyes that unsettled me more than anything else.
“You heard me,
