Chapter 100: Nyra’s POV

I headed back to the training grounds, trying to look like I had a plan or at least a functional brain.

I had neither.

My mind kept replaying the same stupid question Kade asked over and over:

“Do you have time to talk later?”

It shouldn’t have rattled me. It was just a question. A harmless, simple question. People asked it every day without spiraling into emotional chaos.

But of course Kade had to be the one asking it. So that made things weird.

I reached ...