Chapter 127

KAEL'S POV

“You think I don’t see what’s going on?”

My voice came out sharper than I planned it should. It cut the air in half.

Ronan stopped walking. I saw the way his shoulders went stiff. He didn’t turn right away. The training grounds were empty now. Just us. Nothing moving except the wind in the trees and the small flowers around.

When he finally faced me, there was no surprise in his eyes. “What do you think you see?”he asked.

“Don’t do that.” I stepped closer, my hands already curling into fists. “Don’t act like you don’t know. I see the way she looks at you now. And the way you look at her.”

The wind carried a sound through the leaves. Almost like whispers. Like the whole place was holding its breath.

Ronan’s jaw went tight. “She’s not the same, Kael. We both know it.”

“She’s confused,” I snapped back. “After everything, she doesn’t know what she wants.”

“Doesn’t she?” he asked again

He kept staring at me with those confused eyes. “From here, it looks like she knows what she w