Talia's POV

Kael has been gone for only a few minutes. I regretted turning my back on him when he said he could not take me along. Going there too couldn't exactly have been easy on him. If there was anything he was excited about, it definitely was that he was going to be seeing his brother.

He walked out after waiting seconds for me to return his ‘I love you.’. The silence was loud and uncomfortable and I really almost said it back before he gave up and turned the door open. Hopefully, I get to tell him how sorry I am when he gets back. For the first...