#Chapter 126: It’s Not Hard To Care About Someone

“What happened to you?” I ask on reflex, my own troubles pushed aside for now.

There are dark, heavy bags under Nyktos’s eyes and his cheeks are hollow. He looks downright haggard, like he’s the one with a sickness, but he doesn’t seem to have any congestion. Maybe he was beat up or something, but I couldn’t imagine him losing a fight.

Unless he was in a position where he wouldn’t fight back.