Chapter 845 I Didn’t Think I’d See You Again
Kat was taking a break after those days of intense practice. Lily was using her as a chair during her reading and Kat could feel increasing amounts of both hope and frustration leaking through the bond in equal measure. This was partially due to Kat's own management of Lily. Any time the frustration spiked Kat would give Lily a slight kiss, instantly dropping Lily's frustration to nearly nothing. They did climb somewhat swiftly once Lily recovered from the bliss, but it was really helping.
The most recent spike in frustration had Lily wind up to slam the book into the bed… only for her to pause halfway through the wind-up and carefully close the book before placing it down on the bed. She let out a frustrated whine before turning and burying herself into Kat's chest and wrapping her arms and legs tightly around Kat. "I'm SO CLOSE. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong!"