SYLVESTER
I didn’t plan to walk in on them.
I wasn’t even trying to eavesdrop. I had just returned from a long run through the woods, hoping the breeze would clear my head, but it didn’t. The more I ran, the more I thought. And the more I thought, the more I doubted everything around me.
The warriors were growing restless. The people no longer looked at me the same. Mira said she was handling everything, but something in my gut told me that I was being handled instead.
Something in me trusted Nora’s abilities more than that of Mira. Something in me knew Nora was more selfless.
I walked up the stairs slowly, following instinct more than anything. I didn’t hear voices until I was right in front of Mira’s sitting room door. Low, tense whispers. I couldn’t hear full sentences, just enough
