Chapter 448

Cara’s spine went rigid, instinctively straightening under the crushing weight of Zavian’s silence.

There was no need for raised voices. No fury bled into the air.

It was the stillness, the haunting calm in his posture that carried the real threat.

She understood it clearly.

No spell would save her. No title, no strength, no status could shield her from the storm he would unleash if anything happened to the fragile girl resting in that bed.

This wasn’t just a duty. It was a test. One laced with impossible weight.

And if fate decided to make the girl’s path difficult... Then may the heavens show her mercy, because Zavian certainly would not.

“She’s stronger than I thought,” Eva murmured, not hiding the faint note of surprise in her voice.