Egon found himself rooted on the spot, every muscle frozen, as he sensed Emily's overwhelming emotions enveloping her, bit by bit. The inexplicable sensation that surged within him when her gaze locked with his was an unfamiliar one, a sentiment he struggled to define.
Swiftly, Emily averted her eyes, shielding herself from Egon's perceptive gaze. She turned away, her steps taking her in the opposite direction from Egon.
"Alpha Prince, have you heard? Everyone has convened in the dining room," Alex informed Egon, whose attention remained fixated on Emily’s receding figure. A restlessness stirred within Kai. Why did she look so down? Her eyes held an anguished ache, as though she bore a wound, a wound that seemed linked to him in some inexplicable way. Driven by a compulsion he couldn't
