Raven didn’t wait for an apology that would never come. By the time the sun began to rise over the sea like spilled fire, she was already dressed, already moving. There was nothing left in the silence. No tenderness, no explanation. Just that ache in her chest that told her she was losing something she hadn’t even realized she wanted to keep, but it didn’t matter because Zane was still out there and Talia was still missing.
The deeper she went, the clearer it became, there were no lines anymore, only shadows and monsters wearing masks that looked like men.
She kept her head low as she crossed the dim hallway beneath Club Eden. The back corridors smelled like disinfectant and lust, the two things the club was best at hiding.
Dante hadn’t seen her yet. That was good. She didn’t want to li
