Chapter 81

Abby

For the next three days, nothing happened.

That should have reassured me.

It didn’t.

Every time Kade touched me, I waited for the strange rush of power.

Every time Diana stirred, I wondered if she was about to do something without warning.

Nothing.

We ate breakfast together.

Nothing.

We walked through the training grounds.

Nothing.

He kissed me behind the packhouse when he thought nobody was looking.

Definitely something.

But not magic.

By the third morning, I was beginning to think the accidental amplification had been some strange aftereffect of completing the bond.

Then Noah hit Kade.

Not hard.

Not even close.

They were sparring in the training yard while I sat with Chloe under the shade near the fence.

Daphne had finally allowed me outside during training as long as I stayed off the field.

Her exact words had been:

“You may watch.”

I had