Selene's POV~
The room fell silent after my question, and the air felt heavy, pressing against my chest. No one answered at first, and I could feel my heart beating painfully inside my ribs as I waited.
Aeron finally looked up at me, his expression calm but burdened, as if every word he was about to speak weighed too much. His voice came out low and steady, carrying a quiet sorrow I was not ready to hear.
"We don't have any idea where Lord Maximus is," he said. "We tried to track him many times. At one point… we even hoped you might be with him, that he had taken you somewhere safe."
His jaw tightened slightly, and the regret in his eyes deepened. "But there was nothing. No trail. No sign. We could not track him anywhere. It was as if he vanished completely from this world."
My breath stopped.
