Chapter 157 Gravitating

• Sargis
• Rhalia stepped forward with a slow, deliberate pace, the kind that commanded silence before she even spoke. Her posture was taut with unspoken tension, arms folded tight against her chest, eyes sharp and unflinching as she stopped just shy of Narine. The kitsune's presence, usually flippant, even mocking, had crystallized into something colder.
• Narine didn’t move. She just sat there, wide-eyed, caught between confusion and caution as Rhalia studied her like a riddle she didn’t quite trust herself to solve.