RAINAIn the kitchen, I found Kai still sitting at the table, nursing a cup of coffee. He looked up when I walked in. "Hey," he said softly. "You okay?""I'm fine," I said briskly, walking past him to the fridge.I pulled out eggs, butter, vegetables, cheese. Started gathering ingredients for a proper omelet.Kai watched me silently for a moment."Raina…""I don't want to talk about it," I said, not looking at him."Okay," he said carefully. "But if you do…""I don't," I repeated, cracking eggs into a bowl with perhaps more force than necessary.Kai wisely said nothing else.I whisked the eggs, heated the pan, added butter, and started cooking.I was halfway through when I noticed Kai staring at the pan a little too intently.Not at me. At the food.I paused, glancing at him out of the corner of my eye.His eyes were locked on the omelet like it was the most interesting thing he'd seen all day, and I caught the tiniest rumble from his stomach.Despite everything, I felt the corner of
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