บท 29: Threat

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CHAPTER 29

~Snow's POV~

"Storm?"

I blinked, trying to steady my racing heart. Storm stood there, peering at me with his big blue eyes, the same ones that reflected so much of my own.

He ran up to me, hugging my leg. "Daddy," he said quietly. "Are you okay?"

I forced a smile, kneeling to his level. "Yeah, buddy. Just… handling some things."

His face scrunched up in the way it always did when he was trying to figure something out. "Where's the pretty lady running to? The one from the office?"

I felt a strange jolt in my chest. The pretty lady. Was that how Storm saw Zara? I resisted the urge to sigh, instead ruffling his hair. "To her room. She's... busy."

Storm nodded slowly, accepting my vague response. But as he glanced up at me again, I saw something deeper in his eyes—something curious and observant.