Chapter 53 Tension Seeps

• [Kathryn]
• The feeling is familiar – a rabbeting heart, clammy palms, and restlessness. I pace in the living room while Isleen, thanks to the Goddess, remains busy with the picture books I had given her when I left her in her room.
• I wring my fingers as I pace the length of the plush beige carpet. Who attacked? Why did Caius look so tense? Was Isaac okay? I shouldn’t have let him go without me. I can’t even reach him. He has put up his mental block. Will his injuries re-open? There weren’t any that I noticed the last ni-