Chapter 17
It was three months before Caiden saw Theirn again.
In the meantime, he had ignored the calls he’d received from the half-elf, until they finally slowed down to a trickle, and then stopped. Whatever job Zander gave Caiden, he took, throwing himself into it heart and soul with the hope it would erase his memories of the week he and Theirn had spent together—and the feelings that had begun to grow between them.
He knew, because he asked, that Zander was keeping Theirn busy as well, sending him off on jobs where his abilities were needed.
Twice, Zander had suggested, “I can team him with you on this job. With his mind-speaking ability…”
Caiden shut him down with a terse, “I don’t need help and you know it. Stop trying to…to push us together.”
“You make a good team,” Zander re
