Chapter 227 Facing Lira

• Nyxara
• I found myself pacing the corridors of the court, my mind swirling with thoughts of Varek and Lira. Their interactions had become more frequent and more unsettling. Every time I saw them together, something dark twisted in my gut. Lira, with her soft-spoken words and polished demeanor, was far too close to him. Far too confident in her position. And worse, I saw the way she looked at me—as if I were an obstacle in her path, something to be removed.
• I couldn’t take it anymore. The passive-aggressive whispers, the veiled smiles, the coldness from Varek—it all weighed on me like a heavy cloak. I wasn’t one to be pushed aside or underestimated. I couldn’t let her keep inching her way toward his ear, toward his heart.