SKY
The air felt heavier as we stood there, shadows swallowing us in the hidden corner where Noah had been spying. My heart hadn’t settled since I’d dragged him away from the guards. The closer I looked at him, the more questions swirled in my mind, but none of them made sense. I didn’t know why I felt the need to press him so much, but something about him was pulling at me. His black hair, tousled from training, the sharpness of his icy blue eyes... He was tall, towering over me in a way that should have made me feel small, yet there was something almost... protective in the way he looked at me sometimes. I hated it. Or at least, I told myself I did.
We weren’t safe here—not with people wandering around. I could hear footsteps coming from the path behind us, and I caught Noah’s gaze,
