Chapter 34

The hallways are quiet. After bidding Umber good night, I inch down to my room quietly. I close the door behind me, leaning against it by degrees. When I push off the hard surface, I freeze on seeing someone in the middle of the room.

Heidi. I mouth the word, unable to speak it. I clear my throat. "I thought you'd be asleep."

Those shuttered eyes hold mine. "Where were you?"

"I was... I was a bit thirsty so I went down to the kitchens."

Wordlessly she gazes in the direction of my bed. On the table beside it sits a glass of water.

My stomach knots.

Her eyes come back to mine. A silent scoff. "Watch your back."

The hairs on my nape rise. Her words follow me to the training camp early next morning. And when the sun rises high and we're all in the library, the words are still stuck to my mind like a terrible song. 

Umber looks at me from the side of her eyes. "Relax," she whispers. Because for some reason, the Herras' have dec