Chapter 117: Cain.

My blood ran cold when I saw Adelaide with Lyros.

That feeling came alive in my heart again and it stabbed at it. So much so that I chose to ignore it and focus on what I'm here to do instead.

Adelaide finds me in the library no sooner than I get there and I'm hunched over the book she was reading the day before.

She arrives in a dress of blue and black. Black the color of Lyros’s hair and blue the color of his eyes.

I cock an eyebrow up at her as she drags her seat closer to me and plops into it. Her eyes meet mine and I can see something different in them. Caramel pools holding a rage that almost makes them burn.

“Nothing happened between us, Cain. I swear it.”

There’s a panicked tone in her voice and I sit up when I hear it.

“Are you okay Adelaide? You sound panicked.”

“No, no I'm not. I feel like I'm running out of my mind, and you’re not helping.”

We lock eyes and when she holds my gaze I can almost see her throwing caution to the wind.

“Do you want some tea?”

“I want us to talk