Chapter 450: The Oath Only Spirits Hear
Two days ago
Orion did not look away.
Eldric held his gaze with an unsettling steadiness, the firelight catching faintly against the lenses of his glasses. There was no twitch in his jaw. No minute shift of posture. No tightening of the shoulders.
And more importantly—
The familiar sensation he felt when someone told a lie did not come.
Which meant only one thing. Eldric was not lying.
Orion inhaled slowly.
"So," he said at last, his voice even, controlled. "You claim you came back because you vowed—"
"Do not say it like that."
Eldric cut in before the sentence could finish.
Orion's brows lifted faintly.
"Do not speak as though I am skirting around a lie," Eldric continued quietly. "You know I am telling you the truth."
"You know I am not here to hurt Sophia," Eldric said.
Orion did not move.
"You know I am not here to hurt anyone at all," he went on. "Especially not the members of this pack."
Caspian stiffened behind Orion.
