Deep inside me, there was a corner I had been trying to ignore, telling me:
That was not something Olivia would do. Olivia was proud. She did not like exposing her private matters for others to see. Leaking news about me to rogue information brokers with no moral bottom line was definitely not something the Olivia in my memory would do.
But I ignored that voice.
I tried to suppress it.
I had to stay angry.
If I was not angry, I would not know how to face her.
It was as if conflict was the only way for me to cross the silence between us.
Olivia took a deep breath.
She sat up straight and smoothed the folds of her dress.
"Kael."
When she said my name, it was as if she were tasting a strange word she had never heard before.
"Feel it yourself. Is there still a bond between us? You
