The Training That Feels Too Intimate
Lyra's POV
"Then maybe she was never meant to remain yours."
The room went silent after Darius said it but Kael did not move.
He just stood there, blood at the corner of his mouth, chest rising hard, eyes locked on Darius like he was one second away from tearing his throat out.
I then pushed myself up slowly from the floor and my legs still felt weak.
The broken room around us looked like my own mind, cracked, shaken and too loud.
"Get out," Darius says.
Kael did not even blink.
"You do not give me orders."
"In my pack, I do."
Kael then took one step forward and Darius took one too and I closed my eyes.
"Stop."
My voice came out low, but both of them heard it.
I opened my eyes and looked at Kael first.
"Ple
