Kalilah POV
I wiped the sweat off my neck with the edge of my sleeve, breath still catching after the last round of training. I felt Mara's approach before she spoke—the solid footsteps, the faint scent of pine and metal.
“You know,” she said, “they’re watching you.”
I turned my head toward her voice. “I’m blind, not oblivious.”
She let out a low laugh. “Fair.”
“What’d I do this time?”
“It’s not what you did. It’s how you did it. You’ve got the others copying your drills. Quieter when you talk. Asking questions instead of making snide remarks.”
It was strange remaining in one place so long. I had wanted to keep running because every time I even tried to stop somewhere, I ended up in a situation where I was causing everyone else to get hurt.
This was my fear when I started staying w
