Shady

“As it should be,” Pratik agreed with a dip of his head. “You run a tight ship; I admire it. Was able to give Zander my absolute certainty that Ky ...

“Enough.” Pratik dipped his head. “Though I admit I’ve been trying to keep my distance.” Ky headed for the room where she’d written the last letters.

“Works for me.” He offered a little smile. Ky dipped her head to them then started towards the Keep.

He looked to Xander for confirmation.

“Best of luck.” Ky nodded to him with a little smile. “Would you like to talk to us — Ada — now or later?” Pratik asked.

Ky nodded in agreement.

Ky nodded. “… it’s too bad we didn’t think of that before Rönn left. He could have had Zander warn her.”

Ky nodded. “Or… well… maybe she won’t come if you send a letter? I’m going to send a letter to Tomhas and Anneke right now.”

Ky froze. Gods. Literally. The fucking gods were ruining everything for everybody.

“They are,” Ky agreed. “And very good teachers as well.”

Ky dipped her head. “That’s good to know; I’ll keep that in mind.” But she damn sure wasn’t going to commit right now. Even though she knew she was going ...

“Uh…” she didn’t mean to sober, but she did. She should have been expecting him to turn the conversation in that direction, and yet she hadn’t seen it coming. She ...

Ky smiled a little at that, finally a genuine one. That was thoughtful. She wasn’t going to take him up on it, obviously . The head of the literal military ...

“I know.” Ky smiled politely. It wasn’t as if Gaius was personally going to be the one doing the stabbing, probably. And it wasn’t as if the military needed him ...

Pratik looked towards it, then looked back at Ky. He couldn’t read her energy. But the hints she was giving off were… well, he wouldn’t say unstable. But he also ...