21. Fights and Apologies

Gideon's heart was pounding in his chest, a relentless, unyielding rhythm that echoed the turmoil within him. Every beat was a reminder of the confrontation with Kane, a replay of the violence, the aggression, the primal intensity that had taken over him. His body was tingling, a lingering after-effect of the adrenaline that had surged through him, a physical manifestation of the storm that was still raging inside him. He felt wild, untamed, a force of nature that he was struggling to contain, to control, to understand.

His mind was a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions, a tempest of confusion and uncertainty, a chaos of doubt and fear. The fight with Kane had awakened something within him, something primal, something ancient, something that resonated with a power and a ferocity that he had never felt before. And now it was there, just beneath the surface, a lurking, menacing presence that he didn't know how to confront, how to face, how to defeat.

Avla was silent, walking beside him,