The silence between them stretched, thick and charged, a thread pulled so taut it might snap. A breeze drifted through the open balcony doors, carrying the scent of rain and something heavier something that lingered between them like an unspoken challenge.Elowen exhaled slowly, letting her fingers trail along the rim of her teacup, her movements deliberate. A slow, knowing smile curled at the corners of her lips.“Well, well,” she murmured, voice smooth as silk. “Looks like we have a lot to discuss.”Across from her, Maria leaned back in the armchair, draping one leg over the other with lazy confidence. The dim light of the chandelier cast a soft glow over her sharp cheekbones, but there was a flicker in her eyes something bitter, something that hadn’t quite settled.“Oh,” Maria said, her smirk deepening, “you have no idea.”Elowen tilted her head, watching, waiting. The weight of the past pressed between them, thick as honey, slow as a storm rolling in.Maria exhaled, her fingers ti
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