'Oh.'
When Kaelis decided to crash Ezra and Alyce's tea party, he expected a fun and light-hearted arrival.
Maybe a little bit of an annoyed Ezra, because Kaelis does enjoy the way Ezra scrunches his nose like a little rabbit whenever he is angry.
But what he didn't expect—
Was Ezra Belloren looking at him like that?
The usually expressionless, cold knight, who only ever seemed to know how to frown or look mildly irritated, was staring at him as he had just seen something he couldn't process.
Like something had been pulled out from under him.
Ezra's eyes—
Those usually narrowed, guarded eyes—
Were wide.
Fully open in a way Kaelis had never seen before, the sunlight caught the soft pink of them, making the color look lighter, almost fragile.
Exposed.
And when Ezra spoke—
When he addressed him—
There was something in it.
Something desperate.
Kaelis felt it immediately.
And just like that—
The teasing died in his chest before it could even surface.
