Ever since Eira told him about her tragic dream of death, Kael had been a thousand times kinder to her—even though Eira’s response was simply indifference because Kael's attitude was quite frightening to her.

Instead of growing closer, Eira slowly began to put distance between herself and Kael. She spent more time with Lucas doing things she felt she couldn’t do on her own rather than asking Kael for help.

Now and then, her hanahaki would flare up—even when Kael wasn’t treating her badly.

Because of that, Eira thought… Kael was being kind to her, not because of the love he had expressed to her several times, but out of...