Chapter 9 Never Escaping

• ARIA’S POV
• My body ached badly. Every muscle screamed in protest from the brutal sparring session Keal had dragged me into earlier. I should never have gone into his room to confront him. He probably did that to punish me.
• I’d barely managed to sleep, tossing and turning, my mind replaying every single detail of the fight, Kael’s hands around my neck, the strange tension that had crackled between us. I pushed the memory away, trying to focus on something else, anything other than him.