Chapter 211 The Uninvited Guest

• Nyxara
• The cold silence between Varek and me stretched like a thick fog, suffocating any chance of normal conversation as we sat across from each other at breakfast. I stared down at my plate, pushing the food around with my fork, completely uninterested in eating. It wasn’t just the lack of appetite—it was the tension between us.
• Varek hadn’t said a word since last night, since that hurtful comment that drove me out of his room in anger. And now here we were, pretending to be a married couple, sitting at the same table, but worlds apart.