Happy April fools day everyone. And thank you all for still being with me true everything and I'm sorry for the fillers, I will make it up to you guys. Have a good read. :)
We left the kitchen without another word, the tension from earlier still lingering faintly in the air behind us. The corridors felt quieter now, as though the castle itself had settled after the disruption. Maribel walked beside me as always, her pace matching mine without effort, her expression calmer now that things had been handled.
For a while, neither of us spoke. The sound of our steps echoed softly against the stone floors, steady and unhurried. It gave me space to think, though my thoughts did not stay where they should.
"I have not heard from Liora in a while," I said at last, breaking the silence.
Maribel glanced at me. "Perhaps she is still occupied with the investigation into the poison."
