[Lilia]

It was the very first time I saw Kael had ever been stunned since the time I had known him. He wasn’t the type of man who was immediately fazed by something or who was ever taken completely by surprise by anything in his life. Normally, he maintained his composure and his stare was usually calculated. However, right now, his eyes were wide and his mouth was slightly gaping open.

“I…um—maybe, I…needed something to eat?” I meekly contemplated, stuttering even to complete the ...