Unfading Shadows

231 — Numb

*POV=KAIA*

I walked past the deathly silent Vespera into the ceremony hall.

She had a lot of nerve cornering me like that. I'd known she'd pop up and rear her head like a snake at some point but this? This was pathetic.

Still, I felt a bit of peace after the exchange. Things had been too quiet around here, and having someone that hated me felt—normal.

As I stood and scanned the crowd to