Chapter 127

Ryker's POV

It had been days, and Kaidan still hadn’t said more than a handful of words to us. Not real words, anyway. Whenever I passed his room, I’d catch myself slowing down, waiting, hoping against hope he’d call my name.

But the silence always met me instead, louder than anything he could have said.

The coronation and the marking crept closer with every sunrise, and the air in the Royal Kee