Chapter 25 Solace

KAELITH

"Are you alright?" Tessara asked, her brows furrowed with concern as we sat together in the library, waiting for Kaelen-Primus and Rovant-Rex to arrive. I was feeling increasingly under the weather, a sense of heat creeping up on me.

She placed her hand lightly over my forehead and hissed, "You're hot."

"Thanks," I muttered jokingly, trying to lighten the mood.

"Well, you are hot—liter