{Seraphina's POV continuation.}
Kaiden disappeared through the doorway almost instantly, the sound of his footsteps fading rapidly into the night as urgency overtook every trace of composure he normally carried. The door slammed shut behind him hard enough to rattle the wooden frame, leaving the room drowning in a tense silence that felt heavier than before.
Aeliora remained frozen for a moment, staring toward the place he had vanished through as though she wanted to follow immediately but could not force her body to move. Then slowly, almost uncertainly, she turned back toward me. The fear on her face had not faded. If anything, it looked worse now.
"You suddenly collapsed," she said quickly, her voice trembling despite her effort to remain calm. "One moment you were standing there and then you just... fell. You were not breathing properly and your body..." She swallowed hard, her hands tightening together. "Your body became cold."
