Chapter 225 The Cold Between Them

• Nyxara
• The coldness between Varek and me was suffocating.
• I sat at the edge of the bed, staring at the stone walls of my chamber, wondering how things had gotten to this point. The silence between us had become unbearable, stretching on for days now. I should be used to it by now—Varek had always been distant, guarded—but this was different. There was a sharpness to his words, a deliberate control over his emotions that felt like a punishment. It cut deeper than any wound.