I thought I'd go back there. To that happy place but this time,
there was nothing.
No pain. No sound. No warmth. Just… void.
An endless, empty nothing that pressed in from all sides. I couldn't move. I couldn't feel. It was as if I'd already gone.
And then...
The nothingness cracked.
I was back there. That night. The one I'd buried so deep I thought I'd never crawl back to it. My skin reeked of vodka, my mouth tasted bitter, and my heart...God, my heart was reckless that night. I had been desperate, foolish enough to finally try and tell him. Tell Kael.
But instead of courage, I was met with the sight that ruined me.
Him. Kissing her.
The faceless girl.
And this time, instead of choking on my silence, I went to him. My feet carried me across the floor, shaking with anger, with despair. My voice should have been loud, trembling, furious. But when Kael looked at me, he didn't see me.
His eyes were cold, unbothered.
