《I Walked Away After He Slapped Me in Public》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

During intermediate training, he always wanted to go to the border with his teammates after practice. I sat by the training field and waited. He always said, “Why are you always here?” But he still bought things and shared half with me.Once during a sparring match, his friends teased him and called me his future Luna. He got so angry he threw everything in his hands. But the next day when I had a fever and stayed home, he skipped training and climbed over the wall to my house. He sat outside my window the whole afternoon, refusing to leave until my mother told him I was fine.In advanced training, I caught Orion staring at me more times than I could count. When I practiced in the field. When I talked to someone else. Even when I sat by the window doing nothing. His eyes always passed over me quickly and then darted away.“Orion.” I turned my head suddenly and caught his gaze. “What are you looking at?”He looked away in a hurry. “Nothing.”I rested my chin on my hand and watched him.

After that, Lilith became the person in the training room who needed the most care.She was always pale. She always said she did not sleep well. She always fell during sparring matches and then smiled and said, “It is okay. I can keep going.” Every time, Orion frowned. Every time, he walked over and asked if she was hurt.“She is too weak,” he said to me once. “You need to go easier on her.”I looked at him. We had trained together for years. He never told me to go easy on anyone before. He made me win. He made me lose. He never pushed me aside just because someone else was weaker.“She is older than me,” I said.“She is not as strong as you.” Orion said it like it was a fact that needed no discussion. “You are stronger. What is the big deal about letting her have this?”I was stronger. So I had to give in. I did not know how to argue with that logic.During training, Lilith always stood next to me. She always asked questions in that soft voice. Then before I could answer, her eyes wen

Word spread through Ironhold Academy quickly. Orion and Lilith were officially together.As I came out of the training room, I saw Lilith on her toes, fixing the fur trim on Orion’s collar.“Orion,” she said in a sweet voice, “shall we go to the border tonight to celebrate?”Orion’s eyes moved past her shoulder and met mine. He tried to step back, but Lilith gently held onto his sleeve. She turned to look where he was looking and gave me a small, timid smile, like she was afraid I might be angry.I said nothing. I turned and walked away. In the resting area, a few teammates were whispering.“I heard Lilith came out of Orion’s car this morning.”“How is Sylvie taking it?”I closed my storage chest and did not listen to the rest.After training that day, I sat by the window at home and talked to my mother. She was sorting dried herbs. She cut a stem and looked up at me.“I have seen plenty of her kind,” she said. “Stay away from her.”“It is not right to talk behind someone’s back.” Orio

That day’s training ended with my teammates taking me home. My mother saw the bruise on my knee and insisted on taking me to the healer’s house. We went to the nearest one in the evening.The waiting area was almost empty. Only one person sat in the corner.“Sylvie?”Ronan Ashby looked up. His eyes caught the dim light and seemed too bright. His knee was wrapped in thick bandages, with dark blood already seeping through to the outer layer.“What happened to you?” I frowned.He glanced down at his leg and smiled. “Nothing. Just a training injury.”A healer’s assistant passed by with a cart of supplies. I heard her mutter under her breath, “His kneecap was showing, and he says it is nothing.”Ronan’s ears turned red. He quickly changed the subject. “You look pale. Are you hurt too?” He reached into his coat and pulled out a small packet of ointment. “Here. I heard this is the kind you use.”I tried to refuse, but he had already pressed it into my hand.We kept running into each other at

Not long after that, Lilith left Ironhold Academy. I heard she and Orion had also broken up.Orion changed. He started appearing in my sight without a word. In the early morning, warm meat broth would be waiting on the ledge beside the training ground. He stayed at the edge of the field during practice, not close, but not far either. After training, his footsteps followed me down the forest path.“What do you want?” I finally stopped him at the bend of the trail.The evening light fell through the trees, making his thin face look even darker.“I just want to give back what you gave me.”“I do not need it. Staying away from me is the only repayment I want.”I told no one about my decision to leave Ironhold Academy. On my last training day, I shared a simple meal of roasted meat with a few close teammates.Orion was the last to find out I was going to a Pack in the north. On the day I left, he followed my car for a long time. The forest road curved and turned, and his figure kept appeari