I didn’t see Alek Volkov again for the next couple of days. I knew he was looking for me, knew he was waiting in the hallway outside my room but I simply refused to see him, opting to sleep in Kaleb’s office which was smaller than I thought it would be… not that I could tease him about it.
My relationship with my best friend was dismal. The two of us operated like strangers and it was really disheartening. Kaleb could barely look me in the eye. He would force smiles, attempt to stay close to help with training but it wasn’t the same. We weren’t the same… for how long could we take this change? I didn’t know but I missed him, missed the way in one look he’d know what was wrong and he’d know like a second sense what to do to fix things.
I focused my attention away from my personal life and
