Violet
The silence that followed us back to the cave was different now. It was awkward, but a careful middle ground I could manage. And for some reason I found myself thinking more about Kael alongside Rowan. I wanted to see him again.
Or maybe it was a growing desire to ground myself against the acute awareness I was starting to have of Rowan.
It was the following morning. I was seated near the pool and had just finished putting on a change of clothes when Rowan returned, looking excited.
He had found a way out through a far but connected network of tunnels eventually leading upwards to the surface. The only issue was that the route there was heavily guarded and had several checkpoints along the way.
The journey would be a bit far
