Lorien POV
Olyssia hadn’t exactly rolled out a warm welcome, not that I’d expected her to. The entire walk through the store, she kept shooting me sharp, suspicious glances like she was just waiting for me to crack open and spill every secret I had. With guards flanking us and members of the Dark Blade Pack lingering nearby, her scrutiny felt like a spotlight I couldn’t step out of.
I didn’t even know if Auren wanted her to know the truth. Until I did, my lips were sealed.
Not that I had the energy to talk anyway. My mind kept circling the words he’d thrown at me earlier: “If we can’t make this work, then it will be for nothing and I’ll have to kill you.”
I’d already accepted that possibility somewhere deep down, but hearing it spoken aloud had a way of settling like a noose around my
