Fractured Bond

KAELEN'S POV

Seventy-one hours, twenty-two minutes, and twelve seconds.

That was how much time had passed since Nyssa and I had that awful disagreement.

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...

I kept counting the second hand on the clock sitting on the nightstand, watching it sweep around like a vulture circling a carcass.

Seventy-one hours, twenty-two minutes, and eighteen seconds.

That was how long it ha