Chapter 26

26 I’m lactose intolerant

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Mara

“That’s how you like your coffee,” I said, voice low. “And I drank it that way too, Darian. Not because I liked it. I’m lactose

intolerant.”

He went quiet on the other end.

“I drank it with cream and sugar so we’d have something in common,” I continued. “Just like I joined the Elite Academy- to feel close to you. To matter to you. But you never saw me. Or maybe you just chose not to.”