Chapter 81 Training Begins

• Morning came cold and grey. Kaden woke to find Alina already gone, Lena’s basket empty. He found them in the training yard, Alina sitting cross-legged on the ground with Lena in her lap.
• “What are you doing?” he asked.
• “What Mother Elara said. Teaching her through feeling.” Alina’s eyes were closed, her hands resting gently on Lena’s small chest. “I’m trying to show her what calm feels like. What control feels like.”