KAIA’S POV
Lilac growled the moment I turned my back on Gareth, her voice ringing sharp in my head.
“That arrogant fool—thinking he can still claim us after tossing us aside like garbage. I should’ve made you bite his hand off the moment he grabbed you like that.”
I exhaled slowly, trying to ease the anger in my chest. My fists had been balled without me even realizing it, my nails digging into my palms.
“Just ignore him. He’s not worth it, Lilac,” I muttered under my breath as I walked along the gravel road that led from the council hall. “His tantrum isn’t what bothers me now.”
Lilac paused, taken aback. “Not what bothers you? Then what does? What could possibly be worth discussing more than the audacity of that man, Kaia?!”
My gaze drifted toward the darkened treeline and I sighed
