Chapter 8

“Take my hand.”

I looked at Lane’s relaxed hand as it reached out to me. I just shook my head and boarded the ship. I saw Amara smirked when I got inside in one of the cabins.

I didn’t know that to go to the battle grounds, we needed to take a ship. Just outside the main base was already a wreck and to know that the real war happening is just on another island makes me think that I should prepare for the worse.

My eyes took a glance at Lane. I caught him looking at me but he eventually cut the eye contact. He cleared his throat and I watched how his adams apple followed his hard swallow.

“We’ll arrive there around three in the afternoon. I’ll just brief you first before I put you in the grounds.”

I nodded.

“I thought I was gonna do the briefing?” Amara asked.

Lane looked like he just realized something. After a while, he just nodded slowly.

“Sure,” he said before leaving the cabin.

My lips pouted. He seems weird. I turned to Amara and saw her smiling at the door where Lane left. I sta