——- Warning, Spicy Scence 18+ ONLY——
The house exhaled them one by one.
Doors clicked shut. Footsteps thinned. Voices dropped to murmurs that dissolved into the kind of quiet that only comes after a storm has been forced to pass through people instead of around them.
Simone disappeared down the hall with a yawn and a pointed, "If anything dramatic happens, text me first so I can fix my hair."
Theo lingered just long enough in the study doorway to look at Lucian—really look—before giving a faint, knowing tilt of his head and slipping out without a word.
Elias followed with his tablet, already murmuring into a call about safe houses and vehicles.
Adrian didn't leave.
He just changed rooms.
The study door shut behind him with a soft, decisive click.
Waiting.
Allison
The shower should've calmed her.
It didn't.
