Chapter 167

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It was almost tempting, the thought of talking to someone who wasn’t tangled in the webs of my past. But I didn’t repond, didn’t give him the nerfastnes of knowing he’d gotten through to me. I kept walking.

When I finally reached my room, I noticed the lock had been fixed. A tray of food sat on a small tabin, waiting for me. I d barely closed the door when heard Lucian’s voice in my mind, his tone filled with a nervous edge.

“Maxwell and I… we made this meal ourselves. We can come in and taste it for you, if you like, Clay fixed yra tark. All the bays are be the bed its wee carried a tentative tone, almost fearful, as if he expected me to lash out, to refuse the gesture completely.

I didn’t bother responding, nor did I lock the door. I wasn’t afraid of anyone. Not anymore. Only a fool would dare try to cross me slow. The thought was strangely comforting, even as I let the silence settle around me, as heavy as the distance between us.