Chapter 63
Eryx POV
When training finally ended, we walked back together, close enough that our shoulders brushed now and then. Neither of us said much. The bond hummed quietly, steady but insistent, like it knew where we were headed.
Back in the room, we moved around each other easily, putting weapons away, loosening boots, setting things down where they belonged.
Except nothing felt ordinary.
The longer she was there, the stronger it hit me — the ache, the pull, that missing feeling even though she was only a few steps away. Luca stirred, restless but controlled, watching her every move like she might disappear again if we blinked. He wanted to make her bear his mark and everything that belonged to him.
I leaned against the table, arms crossed, trying to breathe through it.
She no
