Vivian’s POV
By the next afternoon, Kade thought I was ready to leave the room.
“The Alpha wants you to move around,” he said. “Light activity. Nothing strenuous.”
I didn’t believe Dominic had said that. But I didn’t argue. I was really tired of looking at the same four walls.
The corridors were busy. Warriors moved between the training grounds and the tower. Servants carried water and wood. No one paid attention to me at first. Then the word spread.
The Solari girl. The one who poisoned the soldiers.
I felt the shift in the air like a change in temperature.
A warrior I didn’t recognize deliberately stepped into my path, forcing me to stop. He didn’t touch me. Just stood there, his eyes hard, making it clear as day that he wanted me gone.
I went around him.
Kade’s hand came down o
