Chapter 49 Forty Nine

• Zeke POV
• The hallway leading to the meeting rooms had never felt so long. My boots thudded softly against the marble floor, Sky's lighter footsteps a beat beside mine. She moved with that impossible confidence she always had, chin high, lips smirking like the world was hers for the taking. I should have admired it. I did. But it twisted something deep inside me—a knot of nerves I couldn't unravel.
• I kept my expression still, eyes ahead, but inside my head was chaos. I had no idea what Elder Marius knew. Or what Sky planned to say.