I immediately avoided his gaze, not wanting him to see the storm brewing in my eyes. I couldn't let him see how much their presence was shaking me. It wasn't just the anger or the betrayal I was still carrying; it was the fact that their return felt like everything was about to change—again. The weight of that possibility was crushing, and I wasn't ready to face it, not with Dos looking at me like that, as if expecting me to provide answers I didn't have.