Chapter 605 – Not Fast Enough for Politics
Rava made a sound halfway between a cough and a choke, quickly turning away so no one could see her lips twitch. Help her, even now he was like this. Tied up. Recovering. Still flirting with divinity like it was a slow Tuesday afternoon.
Celestaria did not laugh.
She huffed softly instead, then looked at him. Not glanced. Not scanned like a diplomat checking a threat level. She really looked.
At the ropes biting into his wrists. At the faint shadows under his eyes. At the way his posture was relaxed but not truly at ease, like a man who had trained himself to hold still through pain. At the smug curve of his mouth that hadn't quite reached his eyes this time.
"Lux," she said, tone shifting. Lower. Serious. "Can we talk a bit?"
Lux exhaled.
A long breath.
Not irritated. Not annoyed. Just… preparing.
