You'd been looking for him all evening. Wanted to surprise him with a stolen moment behind the armory, like you'd done every night this past month.

You found him easily enough.

And Luke? Luke was smiling at her. That soft, private smile he usually reserved for you.

And in that moment, the whispers you'd always dismissed came flooding back. The way he always pulled away when others approached. The way he never sat with you at meals. The way Silena always seemed to be there, hovering at the edges of your peripheral vision.