Chapter 100 – Loopholes are My Bread and Butter
He looked at her, expression dry. "Or maybe it was a smart Upper Realm move to make sure I wasn't going to use this power to rip open a hole in your skies."
She gave him a perfectly unbothered smile. "That too."
They both laughed this time.
The tension faded—not completely, but enough.
Then Lux leaned forward, elbows on knees, and looked her right in the eyes. "But yeah," he said softly, "I'm kinda… glad for this."
Her smile shifted, a bit more human now. "You are?"
"I guess this is the first time we talked freely. Like this. Outside the council tables. Outside negotiations. Outside your—what was it?" He squinted dramatically. "High Goddess formal mode."
Celestaria gave him a deadpan stare. "You're the one who wore a suit made from stitched infernal law scrolls to that one summit."
"It was dramatic flair," he said, mock-defensive.
"The scrolls bled."
"And they got the message across, didn't they?"
