Kai and Matilda walked out of the front door once it was time to leave.
It was about fifteen minutes away from their regular morning exercise.
Only two of them today. No Bree.
"She probably made plans for tonight with her friends." Matilda closed the door behind her; the soft click of the latch echoed in the quiet down. "Or as Talitha said, she must have spent the night in the training chamber to absorb the Nectar of Spring."
Just as she came down earlier, he was already eating at the dining table.
And there he asked whether she knew where Bree went.
Matilda spun around and found Kai already several paces ahead.
His back was to her, and his gaze was fixed on something in the distance—or perhaps nothing at all. A frown crept to her face. He had been avoiding her gaze since earlier, since before they even left the house.
Every time she looked at him, his eyes would slide away, finding sudden interest in anything but her.
