Claire’s Pov

The days after the drilling training session with Darien passed in a strange haze of tension. It wasn’t the kind that you could easily push away without giving it a singular thought at least for a short moment wrapped around me, saturating the air whenever he was near, making it hard for me to breathe properly, talk more if thinking clearly.

I could feel it in the way he looked at me, the weight of his gaze lingering on me just a little too long than normal. I caught him ...