#Chapter 35: Matchmaker

Raven I woke up the next morning still feeling that same anger. The events of the previous night felt like a thorn stuck in my side. My phone call with my father should have made me happy, relieved even. I should have been over the moon to hear his voice and to know that my affairs were in good hands. But instead, I just kept thinking about Nathan and Dani. How two of the people I once trusted most in the world had not only utterly betrayed me, but were now engaged. Publicly. Less than two weeks after the breakup. I made my way to the training grounds early that morning, grabbing a bow and some arrows from the shed. The grounds were practically pitch black, the sun still hidden behind the horizon, but the methodical thwack of the arrows against the training dummy soothed me more than I ever thought it would. By the time the others arrived, I had already been training by myself for nearly an hour—until the sun touched the sky and the wound in my hand sligh