"Lola, you don't have to do this."
When I heard Kael's voice, I froze, the words hitting me like a chilly wind. His face was unreadable as he stood in the doorway, his silhouette framed by the dingy hallway light. I hadn't even heard him come because I had been so preoccupied with my own thoughts.
I slowly spun around as his eyes weighed me down like a rock. "Do what, exactly?" My voice was quieter than I meant when I asked.
With his boots silent on the stone floor, Kael entered the room. "This. The connection. For me, you don't have to put up with it.
He said something that made my stomach turn. In a manner that I hadn't completely comprehended until now, I had been sensing the weight and connection that bound us together. Kael wasn't the only one. The others were also involved. And t
