Chapter 166

Violet

“Is he going to say something?”

My attempt to whisper had failed dramatically as the loud words left my mouth. Kylan, who was beside me, didn’t answer. He was too focused on the scene in front of us.

We sat inside the cave, around the same fire as last time. Aelius sat across from us, his legs crossed, hands resting on his lap, and eyes closed like he was in some sort of deep sleep.

It had been minutes since he had taken this position, and while I could laugh about it at first, I didn’t know how to feel about it anymore.

Was I nervous? Excited? Frustrated?

There was one thing I did know, and that was that I was ready to learn something—anything. I had come here with the right mindset, only for this old man to ignore us like we weren’t even prese