Chp 39
Dael POV She doesn’t look back, not even once. Zyra walks away from me like I don’t matter, like whatever just happened between us was nothing more than an inconvenience she can shake off on her way to class. But I know better, as I stand there, unmoving, my hand still resting against the bark where I blocked her path seconds ago and I watch her, every step, every shift in her shoulders and the way she walks a little faster than normal, like she’s trying to outrun something, or someone and I know that me. My jaw tightens as she reaches the entrance and then she disappears inside and still I don’t move. It takes longer than it should for my body to catch up with the fact that she’s gone. That she’s no longer in front of me and that I can’t see her anymore. A sharp breath leaves me as I
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