NOAH
The mess hall was already buzzing with noise as I walked in, my team waving me over to our usual table.
Still, my mind kept wandering back to last night, to the look on her face when she’d told me her real name. Sky. I don’t know why it struck me, but it did. Something about her trusting me with that small piece of herself felt… meaningful. And every time I thought of her saying it, I couldn’t help but feel a pull somewhere deep in my chest.
Sky. Just her name alone made Nyx purr contentedly. “She trusts us,” he murmured, satisfaction thick in his voice. “She’s ours, Noah.”
Easy, Nyx, I thought back. It was just a name. But as I took my seat with my team, I knew it meant something more than that, even if I wasn’t ready to admit it.
“Man, did you see how Jack slipped during
