Page 41 of Shadow Bonds

“I’m guessing your mates didn’t remind you,” she says, and I shake my head, giving her a look that says she should know better than that.

“Start packing,” she says with a sigh. “We’ll be heading to the War Camps soon.”

With a groan, I get my food from my temporary hiding place and head back into the forest. Keeping an eye out, I make sure I’m not being followed before coming up to my hidden spot.

I should probably head back to the house or even do some more research in the library, but now with the impending visit to the War Camps growing closer, I should start focusing on brushing up on my skills.

I start stretching and warming up my body while thinking about what Cyrus told me about the sectors of Shadows.

Shield. Sentinel. Seekers. Elite.

Each one of them is powerful in their own right. The abilities and weapons that he explained for each of them proves that. But the four Shadows stuck with me are even more powerful than them all.

A thought I immediately shove to the back of my mind as soon as images of them hunting me down start flashing past it.

I train for the next few hours, working myself to exhaustion while trying to remember all the skills and techniques I learned before the switch.

After a couple of hours, I have to take a break and sit down as every muscle starts to ache, my body quickly drained.

I was hoping to go to the obstacle course and do a couple of rounds. I need those privileges of getting out of here if all else fails.

But I feel Knox almost punch at my barrier between us, and groan before slowing dragging it down and letting him in.

“Sena. Come back now,”he demands without an explanation on why he sounds so urgent.

“Did something happen to someone?”I ask, a little worried about the others. Even if they are assholes.

He pauses with a sigh. “No. Everyone is fine. It’s late. You’ve been out all day. Cyrus… misses you.”

I bark out a laugh.“Yeah, right.”

“Sena,”he growls, and the sound of his low throaty voice does something to me. Something I’d rather never admit to him.

Especially because he’d gloat about it, use it against me, and hold it over my head until the end of time.

“What?”I bite out.“I’m busy.”I’m not really. There’s no way I can train anymore. But he doesn’t need to know that.

Maybe I’ll just have a nap out here instead. But then I realize it’s not the best idea considering something is attacking me in my sleep.

“No fucking way,”Knox shouts, and I realize I’m still open and he’s heard it. “I’m in your bed tonight.”

“Like hell you are.”I’d rather Cyrus. At leasthe’snot being a dick to me.

“Sena,”he warns.

“No, Knox. You don’t get to treat me like shit one minute and then need me the next. I already told you I’m not her… I mean, the her you knew before,”I say correcting my little slip up.

“And it’s not easy to forget what you did to us,”he says with a grit to his tone.“Cyrus may be able to move on, but it’s not that fucking easy for the rest of us.”

A sliver of anger slides through me thinking of the other Sena and what she must have done.

“I don’t remember what I did,”I tell him.“But for what it’s worth, Iamsorry.”Sorry for whatever she did to you all.

I sigh, already regretting my next words.“If you promise not to be an asshole for the rest of the night… you can sleep in my bed.”

“Deal,”he says immediately.“Now get your ass home,”he orders.

I immediately block him out, hearing a frustrated growl as I do.

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