Shady

Ky sighed softly. She wanted to. Everything in her wanted to leave. To avoid the barracks like she avoided all of her problems. At least tried to. And yet exposure ...

Ky didn’t know whether ‘no’ was truthful or not. She was terrified of Kazhra. And of the barracks in general. And Xander was nice, but intimidating. And. Well. “Not in ...

“Fine,” Ky snapped. “If you want rid of me so badly, I can leave.”

“I’m not going to keep answering questions until you call me a liar.” Ky sighed. “Have you considered, I don’t know, not lying?” Zander suggested dryly. “Have you considered I’m ...

She laughed lightly at the joke, but sobered a bit at their question. “Eh. I just kind of vibe these days… be nice to get some new clothes tho. Been ...

Zander nodded in agreement. He almost felt guilty allowing Ada to gang up with him against Ky. But if that’s what it took for her to start being honest… “Existence,” ...

Ky sent an annoyed glance at her. How was she even supposed to answer that? If she admitted what it was that she was lying about, Zander would hear, so ...

(Hey nice!) Ky sent an annoyed glance at Zander, then pulled the door open for herself and strode into the hall. He sighed and followed her out, but didn’t say ...

(Haha your family sounds fascinating in so many ways lol but I get it. Almost all of my coworkers are Hispanic and fully do not mean to exclude me but ...

“Sure.” Ky nodded and forced a smile then stood up. She didn’t want to go back. But she didn’t really have a choice here. She’d offered, and now she needed ...

“Sounds good.” Zander nodded, then switched to Akarataran. “So… barracks now?”

Zander nodded too, looking at Ky. “You’ll be going?” She hesitated. “Yeah, probably.” He looked back at Emery. “Then yeah, probably.” He offered a little smile.

“To lunch?” Zander asked.

Ky nodded in agreement. “Lunch can’t be too much further out now, yeah?”

This was unreasonable. He’d packed her books. Books . No wonder this stupid thing was so heavy. She wondered why it weighed so much when they both knew he didn’t ...