Chapter 212 Connecting

• Lilly POV
• Nevina’s gaze shifts between us, her expression neutral but her eyes sharp, like she’s trying to piece together what we’re not saying. For a ten-year-old, she’s perceptive—too perceptive. It’s clear she senses the tension, the unspoken truth hanging just out of reach.
• But she doesn’t press. She just sits there, clutching the pictures like they’re the only anchors she has in a world that’s been completely upended. And maybe, for now, that’s enough.