~Amelia~
I was barely halfway through catching my breath when I noticed Blake hanging back near the side yard like he had something serious on his chest and did not feel like waiting for the whole pack to wander off before saying it.
Training had been tough all morning, and the field was still buzzing with the aftershock of sparring feet, shouted counts, and guards laughing too hard while pretending they were not tired. Caleb had taken the younger fighters back to the main line to run drills again, Kaden was over by the east ring speaking with Alan about patrol placement, and I had stepped away to the side yard for a second because Lily had finally fallen asleep in Eli’s care and my head needed a minute to stop spinning.
“I need to talk to you before we all get back to training.”
I looked at him for a beat, then I folded my arms and answered, “What is it this time? You know we can’t be seen together for too long or else, Kaden would start to blow hot.”
