Chapter 43 – May we never meet again!
Sora just stood there, eyes wide, staring at Kaden like he was something unreal.
"What… what do you mean?" she asked, trying to keep her tone composed, like none of this mattered, like she didn't care—like she didn't know exactly what he was referring to.
But Kaden wasn't fooled.
He had already seen her first reaction, and even before that, he had felt it—something in the way she held herself, something about her rhythm. A hunch, maybe. But a strong one.
And Kaden was good with hunches.
Because someone like Sora—a princess from a powerhouse like the Celestial Empire, born under pressure, raised in greatness, shackled by the weight of legacy—someone like that didn't have time for silly things like singing.
No. That didn't fit.
Unless…
Unless it was a secret.
Unless it was something she had to hide.
