Chapter 16 The Growing Tension

• "Darius," she replied in a faint voice, like a whisper.
• He turned a little, and for a brief instant their eyes met before he hurriedly looked away. There was a flash of something deeper in his face, but it was gone in an instant, concealed behind the walls he had painstakingly built.
• "Are you okay?" Elara asked, her voice full of worry. She didn't know why she asked. Maybe because she could sense the tension and the wall that seemed to develop between them.