A R I A
The days pass in a blur. It's strange, how quickly time can move when everything else slows down. I feel like I'm finally waking up from a nightmare, like the fog that's surrounded me for so long is beginning to clear. There's a lightness to my step now, a steadiness that I haven't felt in a long time.
I found a place. It's small, modest, but it's mine. No one else's. I've been busy, getting things sorted—finding furniture, setting up the basics, trying to make it feel like home. It's not much, but it's a place I can breathe, a place where I don't have to worry about Soren or Gabi walking in and making my skin crawl. I've been spending more time there now, each evening finding a bit of peace I didn't know I needed.
Lucian still checks in on me, though I can tell he's giving me s
