Ryan didn't say another word for the rest of the way, but his gaze never left Lissana or Eren.
They walked too closely. Their hands remained intertwined so naturally that it couldn't be ignored, as if they'd always held hands.
He didn't like it.
Not because Eren was an elf, though that already brought enough problems, but because Ryan had seen Lissana love before. He had seen the way she pronounced Tarik's name, the desperation in her voice, the almost painful shine in her eyes when she spoke of him. That wasn't a feeling that was easy to erase… or replace.
Lissana had shown she was capable of doing anything for Tarik. And although she still wished to help him, her heart no longer seemed to entirely belong to him.
That quick change was what unsettled Ryan.
As questions crowded his mi
