The room remained tense, every pair of eyes fixed on Leon and Emma.
Only Kael appeared completely detached.
The long night had quietly slipped toward its end. Beyond the tightly drawn curtains, the first light of dawn had begun to spread across the horizon, washing away the darkness little by little.
Exhaustion finally caught up with him, and with nothing left for him to do, Kael decided to steal a brief nap while Leon handled the rest.
However, before the tension in Kael's shoulders had a chance to ease, a shrill scream tore through the room.
His eyes flew open.
The sound was so sudden and piercing that it startled everyone present. Even the maids standing by the walls flinched instinctively, their hearts lurching into their throats.
Emma's bed had, for the time being, become a ma
