We walked through the portal in complete silence. I wanted to cry my eyes out because this s**t was damn hard, but I couldn’t get myself to shed a tear—not when people already thought of me as weak. I stepped through the portal to meet Esha’s stoic stare. “What’s wrong?” I asked, jaw twitching.
My sadness was slowly transforming me into a wrathful bastard, and I couldn’t get myself to care. Not right now.
Esha shook her head, opening the door for me to exit. “Nothing is wrong. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.” She gave me a small smile, her tight black uniform pressed against her body from the wind.
“I’m fine,” I said, looking over at Chastion as we walked toward the castle. While almost every city light was on, Rebel was amongst the brightest buildings in the city, glowing hig
