Chapter 166: Lyros.

She blinks and when she looks at me, it’s with a bewildered expression on her face. Her voice is almost a whisper when she speaks but I hear her clearly.

“Excuse me?”

My words get stuck in my throat but I say them all the same.

“I said I'm sorry. I apologize for what I did to Cain…. I wasn’t meant to do that. I panicked.”

Adelaide blinks yet again and she releases a disbelief-filled huff of air. Her expression tells me everything I need to know.

She’s surprised and she can’t believe her ears, but she’s also scared.

“You’ve never apologized for anything in the past.”

Her voice is in that whispery-like timbre again and I nod.

“Some things have changed since we first met.”

Adelaide stares at me and I can see the disbelief when it enters her eyes.

That courage she’s known for, the courage to be brave even when she knows it can be provocative, that courage rises in her and she scoffs.

“Nice try. An apology won’t make me forget what you did.”

“But it’s a start isn’t it?”

Adelaide freezes a