Echo.

Caesar's demeanor towards me had started to shift in the past days, and I couldn't quite put my finger on any reason at all.

All I had was questions, was he now tired of me already? Does he know something about me? That I now know of his secret child or that I plan to eliminate him? What exactly was the issue?

His interactions with me became a roller coaster of emotions, swinging from moments of charming warmth to unsettling bouts of anger. It was as if a storm was brewing beneath his composed surface, and I found myself caught in the whirlwind of his changing moods.

The days...