Chapter 172.3 - Answer
"This...this is my answer to your words."
As Maya approached Astron, her heart pounded so fiercely she was certain he could hear it. The weight of her confession, the release of her family's most guarded secret, still hung heavy in the air between them. It was out now—no taking it back.
Yet, instead of the fear she had anticipated, a strange calm had settled within her. She had finally told him. And now, as she stood there, trembling with the effort to suppress the hunger gnawing at her core, she realized just how deeply she had come to rely on Astron.
Her pink eyes flicked up to meet his, searching his expression for any hint of judgment or rejection. But what she found instead was something that startled her—a softness, an understanding that reached deeper than words.
Astron had always been composed, distant in a way that made it hard to decipher his true emotions. But now, as she stood on the precipice of losing control, his gaze seemed to ground her.