Violet
The moment I saw Tow, I knew he wouldn't be coming.
She had looked as composed as ever, but still had those same tired eyes I had seen on Kael not too long ago. There had been a complication and he had to stay back for it, and alongside her coming to get some of his things, he needed her to relay it to me.
I should have understood.
But it made me so angry.
The frustration that had surged through me in that moment was so intense it made my hands shake and she had noticed.
I had needed to talk to him. Needed to tell him about Aster and Ari before he had gotten pulled into managing the hunt completely. Before more time passed and something happened to that little girl.
But I had never felt more foolish than I was.
Kael had responsibilities. The hunt was important to his people, and managing it safely with an eclipse approaching was no small task.
But knowing that didn't make the restlessness any easier to bear.
