☽ Lucan ☾
I gave Nyra space for three days.
Three days of watching her move through the pack with controlled calm. Three days of hearing whispers sharpen when she passed. Three days of pretending that her biological parents being alive didn’t feel like another storm forming above us. She trained alone. She read Kaedra’s books late into the night. She spoke to me only when necessary, but not beyond that. The distance wasn’t angry anymore.
It was something else.
I couldn’t take it anymore, so I went in search of the one person I felt had some answers. I found Kaedra near the council chambers just before dusk. She stood beside the steps, speaking with a guard, but dismissed him when she saw me approach.
“You look restless,” she said.
“I am,” I replied, and she studied me carefully.
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