Chapter 154: The Dust Settles, a New Chapter for the Family

The drive back to the Norrell family villa was shrouded in a profound, comfortable silence. The storm that had raged over the city, both meteorological and metaphysical, had passed. Inside the car, the air was still, charged not with tension but with a new, unspoken understanding. Rylie sat beside Reginald, her hand resting trustingly in his. She no longer looked at him with the frantic confusion of a woman whose reality had been shattered, but with the quiet awe of one who had seen the universe...