Third person's POV
“I don’t know him,” Raya had said, glancing at him casually. “I met Liora long ago but I don’t know anything about her past in Pack Ace. Her childhood friends, her… history—none of it.” Raya explained, sensing that Rowan was in a bad mood.
Rowan’s jaw tightened imperceptibly. Of course she didn’t know. She had been in a completely different orbit, across oceans and borders, experiencing a life that didn’t intersect with the quiet years Liora had spent in Pack Ace. Rowan didn’t even need to hear the name Ji Huaishen again to feel a prickling tension.
The sight of Liora smiling, animated, laughing even at a private joke he could not hear, unleashed a rush of emotions he rarely allowed himself to feel: jealousy, possessiveness, irritation. And when Ji Huaishen me
