Chapter 132: Visit Your parents
The air beyond Daniel's table felt different, lighter, though still buzzing with the aftermath of laughter, ale, and music. The festival stretched on in glowing loops of light and song, lanterns hanging from ropes like captured stars.
Ronan slowed his pace as they moved away from the center of the festival. He looked between Orion and Sophia, both of them quiet, their faces brushed by lanternlight, their expressions almost soft. Orion still had color in his cheeks, the aftertaste of ale and Daniel's praise lingering like a bruise he didn't know what to do with.
"Have you seen your parents?" Ronan asked, his tone casual, though the question carried a weight that made Orion pause mid-step.
Orion blinked, his expression turning thoughtful, then faintly regretful. "No," he said, shaking his head. "Not yet."
