Chapter 195

Sienna’s POV

For the first time since I returned home, I found myself alone with Kieran.

We walked side by side through the silent halls. Neither of us spoke. We didn’t need to. Words felt too small for the relief pressing against my chest, for the exhaustion woven into my bones.

When Kieran opened the door to his private chambers and held it for me, something in my chest fluttered. I stepped inside, I felt warm instantly.

I stopped in the center of the room and let my gaze drift. Everything was still the same. The shelves I used to pretend not to inspect. The bed I remembered far too well. When I turned back toward Kieran, our eyes met.

My breath caught.

For a heartbeat, for a full moment, we just stared. No anger. Just two souls standing in the ruins