Chapter 193

• Rose's POV
• Morning had already slipped by, the light outside shifting slowly toward evening, yet Kavian still hadn’t shown himself. That alone set my nerves on edge. It wasn’t like him—not even a little. He would have come to check on me by now, if only briefly. Instead, there had been nothing. No knock. No presence. He hadn’t been in his room earlier, and he still hadn’t returned, and the unease in my chest deepened as the hours dragged on. The memory of his father standing in Kavian’s room refused to let go of me. That couldn’t be a coincidence. It just couldn’t.
• Has he done something to Kavian?