บททั้งหมดของ REBORN TO BREAK YOU: บทที่ 61 - บทที่ 64

Senna"He’s different when you’re in the room," Lyra said.She didn’t look up from the little white notes she was putting on the medicine jars. She just said it. The sun was coming through the high windows of the infirmary. I kept my head down. I was busy crushing dried leaves into a fine green powder."Who is?" I asked. I knew who she meant, but I wanted her to stop talking.Lyra gave me a look. It was the kind of look a teacher gives a kid who is pretending they can't read a big word. "You know who," she said.She smoothed a note down with her thumb. She was very careful with her work."The Alpha," she said. "Caius. He looks like he’s paying attention differently when you are there. Like the room gets smaller when you walk in. Like everyone else is just a blur and you’re the only thing with clear lines.""He is the Alpha, Lyra," I said. I tried to make my voice sound like my heart wasn't beating too fast. "He has to pay attention to everything. That is his job. He watches the doors,

Caius"Are you still here?" I asked, walking into the infirmary late. I didn't need to ask, of course. I knew she'd be here. Senna looked up from a pile of reports. Her eyes were tired.I sat in my usual chair, the one by the window. It had become my chair. I didn't say anything else right away. She didn't either. The room just felt quiet, but not the bad kind of quiet. I watched her for a bit. She was writing something down, her brow a little crinkled. She had a way of focusing that made you feel like nothing else mattered. I felt that sometimes too."My mother died when I was fourteen," I said. It just came out. I wasn't planning on saying it. I hadn't said it to anyone in a long time. I hadn't wanted to. Senna stopped writing. She looked at me, really looked. "My father died six months later," I went on. "Not from grief. He trusted and he was too soft." She just watched me. Her face was calm. Senna just listened. "I ran the pack for three years before I was old enough to formally c