Eliose:
The corridors felt tighter on the way back. Not physically, just emotionally in a way that I didn’t even know how to explain.
It was like the walls had shifted closer without anyone noticing.
Seraphina gone. Maddie dead. The pack on edge. And the worst part about all of this, I didn’t even know why it mattered to me whatever was happening here.
And somewhere in the middle of all of it…
Him.
As much as I wanted to deny it, I couldn’t help but find myself thinking about him.
I pushed the door open quietly, and frowned when I found Marcel sitting on the edge of my bed.
Just… sitting there, like the weight of everything had settled into his shoulders and refused to leave. “Marcel? Is everything alright?”
He didn’t look up immediately.
But when he did, his eyes found mine li
