Chapter 106.
"Mmm-mhm!" Kairen cleared his throat as he approached, the sound tiny but oddly loud in the heavy, charged air of the compound. Sebastian didn't move, didn't as much as shift his gaze, just stayed fixed on the boy like a predator finally catching prey at a vulnerable spot.
The man sat there with that eerie stillness he always carried like the world was a stage he refused to participate in, unless he was the villain stepping out of the shadows.
"Good evening, sir," Kairen managed, his voice a bit shaky and nervous. His mind rang with too many things at once at the sight of Sebastian—how the man wasn't moving, how he just stared like waiting for Kairen to slip, how he looked like he could spring to his feet and choke-slam him into the tiled floor.
For some reason, that intrusive image didn't spark the old fear. It didn't scare him.
