Chapter 113

• Elvira
• After so many thoughts, I decided to approach Kale and talk to him. Even though that might annoy him more.
• I found him in the courtyard, shirtless, swinging a training blade against an invisible enemy like the enemy was himself. Or maybe it was Jaxon or maybe it was me. I stood by the doorframe, my fingers tight around the doorframe, and watched as his muscles rippled with each motion. Every strike felt like punishment. Every breath sounded like resentment.