Damn it! That was exactly what I had feared. This chick was so daring and so utterly careless that she was willing to threaten the exposure of our little secret—the shared energy—right in front of everyone. She didn't care about the consequences; she only cared about winning.
I felt the weight of three pairs of eyes suddenly snap toward me, pinning me to the spot.
"Is that true?" Karoline was the first to ask.
The tone of her voice was quiet, hollow, and filled with such a sharp, agonising pain that I felt it strike deep inside my chest. I had faced monsters, archlords, and gods, but I never knew that simple words could be more painful than a thousand swords.
"It's clear what she said is true," that bastard jumper added, refusing to let me have even a single moment of silence. He jumped into the conversation with a sneer. "You don't deserve to be with my Karoline if you're hiding things like this."
