MADELINE'S POV
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There's little to no excuse he could have given me for excluding me from whatever meeting he had about Jaxon, but I could forgive him for it. I have to since I already insinuated that I have, but it's a week later and I'm still silently fuming about it.
Atlas is playing with his sword in the shade yet again, but this time is different. I refused to sit in the sun, and Atlas didn't even try to argue with me. It feels good to have a say, and it's been getting better and better every day.
The first day after we had that conversation inside that closet, he told me to do whatever I wanted after training. It didn't matter how tired I was, I still went for a stroll outside through the gardens.
The second day, I went for a stroll before training to enjoy the break of dawn,
