Chapter 496 - Can you fix this for me? I'm tired.

The mansion was silent as Kael stepped through the gates, a kind of silence that wasn't exactly peace, but a strange absence of sound, as if the place were waiting for something—or someone. The imposing structure stood before him, illuminated only by a few interior lights escaping through the tall windows, creating soft shadows in the garden. His steps were heavier now, not from physical exertion, but from something deeper, something that seemed to have accumulated along the way back. Unlike the palace, he no longer carried the bag, there was no dripping blood, there were no witnesses. Just him.