Chapter 53: An Urgent Call
Kaya
I peel my eyes open, but the pleasant weight of sleep still clings to my body, reluctant to let me go.
I try to shift slightly, just enough to get the blood flowing through my stiff limbs—but the moment I move, a sharp pain radiates through me, making me wince and nearly gasp aloud.I’m sore. Everywhere.So much so that it feels like I was beaten black and blue last night.
Then, despite the ache, my body jerks upright—my eyes flying open in sudden realization.I was beaten last night.I was in a training match. With Magnus.
The memories rush back in an overwhelming flood, but one detail rises above the rest and slams into me with full force—last night, I shifted again.
Magnus pushed me. Provoked me. And... it worked.
I shifted.
But then...
I flinch, my gaze darting down to my chest.Goddess—not again!I groan internally, cursing the stars and my damn fate.
He saw me naked. Again.
This is the second time. Sure, I’ve seen him naked too, but this—this feeling—it’s different. I don’t know why, but it matters that he is the one who sees me.
It never used to. My nakedness stopped being something intimate a long time ago. It became something survival-based. Detached.But with Magnus... it feels like I’m experiencing everything again, for the very first time.