Catalena’s Perspective
There was something about Finn that just seemed off today. I only wished I was as good at reading him as he was at reading me. Those tense shoulders hadn’t relaxed once today, his smile wasn’t quite reaching his eyes, and I knew it wasn’t just because of the time we’d spent in the library after training this morning. Another failed attempt at learning about our kingdom had surely added to his discouragement, but this storm cloud had been hovering above him long before that.
“Finn, are you okay?” I finally asked him at the end of our study session. This glazed over green eyes blinked back at me for a moment, and then as if coming out of a trance, he sharply shook his upper body.
“Yes sorry, a little spaced out today I guess,” he replied as if it was nothing. That
