Chapter 24
Amok – Noun: behave uncontrollably and disruptively. Steam still clung to my skin as I slipped back into my clothes, the fabric cool against my damp body. Kael moved with his usual precision, gathering his boots, his dagger, the bundle of kindling we’d set down earlier. His face was unreadable, carved from the same stone as the cavern walls, but I could see it—the tension in his shoulders, the stiffness in the way he pulled his shirt over his head. When I reached for my pack, his hand was already there, brushing mine away gently. “I’ve got it,” he said. His voice was even, calm, the way it always was when he wanted to hide something. He didn’t look at me as he adjusted the strap over his shoulder and started toward the tunnel. But I followed, falling into step behind him. The cool air o
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