Chapter 159

Jaxon POV

How long could I go? On and on with this?

I tried so hard to forget those blank cold stares she gave me the last time. Those empty stares and polite nods didn’t shred through what was left of my pride. Watching her walk past me in the halls with her shoulders straight and chin high didn’t ignite a rage so wild it threatened to burn me alive from the inside out.

Everyday I was hanging on the thinner side of my last straw.

I watched her from my study window, hidden behind the gauzy curtains. She crossed the training courtyard, Cassian at her side like a silent hound, matching her stride with a quiet ease that twisted something dark in my gut.

She wore her hair up today, twisted into a knot high on her head, exposing the graceful column of her neck. The dawn sun caught on the