~GUILIA’S POV~
The world outside was eerily quiet tonight.
Too quiet.
The kind of quiet that settles only after a storm has wrecked everything in its path.
I sat out on the balcony alone, curled in the chair with my knees to my chest and a hoodie draped over my shoulders.
The night air was cool against my skin, brushing my hair into my face like a gentle hand.
The stars above blinked in silence, so far away they almost didn’t feel real.
The estate was quiet for once, the house still and cold tonight.
Even the guards patrolling downstairs didn’t make a sound, they didn’t laugh like they used to every night, they just walked around the estate quietly with their weapons.
The only sound I could hear was just the soft hum of the wind and the weight of my own thoughts pressing against m
