Dead, heavy, suffocating silence.
The kind that didn't just fill the air, it pressed against it.
Osiris sat there with his half-eaten bowl, staring at her with that ridiculous innocent confusion—like he genuinely didn't understand why mentioning her crying was the social equivalent of stepping on a landmine.
Isabella didn't blink.
She didn't breathe.
She didn't even swallow.
She just slowly lowered her spoon with a precision that should have scared any man with survival instincts.
Osiris didn't have survival instincts.
He leaned a little closer.
"I mean… I'm just saying," he murmured, "I can tell."
Her fingers tightened around her bowl.
Like she was considering throwing it at his stupid handsome head.
Could tell?
COULD TELL?
Her eye twitched.
Osiris cleared his throat softly, scooting closer like a man begging to be stabbed.
"You know…" he began gently, "your eyes are red."
Her soul left her body.
