Sera’s POV
That night, I experienced something I thought I wouldn't have to face in a long time. Despite shifting homes to something more homey for me, I found myself sweating and screaming in my dreams.
The nightmare came without warning.
It always did. One moment I was asleep, wrapped in darkness, and the next I was back there—standing in that cold, unfamiliar room, my heart already breaking before the words were even said.
Cassian’s face was distant. Closed off. His eyes wouldn’t meet mine.
“I didn’t mean for it to happen like this,” he said again, just like he had back then.
And then she was there. Beautiful. Confident. Standing at his side like she belonged.
Like I didn’t. The sound of my own voice begging echoed too loudly in my ears.
“No,” I sobbed, shaking my head. “Don’t l
