Chapter 138 Parting Roads

Katelyn’s POV After the dinner with Charles, the tension in my body still lingered, the cold memory of Charles’s threats, his warnings curling in my mind like smoke. Ethan must have noticed. He kept glancing over at me, as if he wanted to ask if I was okay. I forced a small smile for his sake, not wanting to let the ugliness of the evening take up any more space between us. We reached the parking lot. “I need to stop by the battlefield dormitory before heading back,” I said quietly. “Fiona left some medication there and well, I want to check on her one more time.” “I’ll come with you,” Ethan offered instantly. The look in his eyes was soft. I nodded, relieved for his company. The dormitory wasn’t far, just a short drive down roads slicked from the afternoon rain, the city’s lights fading as we drew closer to the edge of the camp. The dorms themselves were blocky, low buildings with tin roofs, their walls scarred by old graffiti and marks from the chaos that sometimes swept through this