Silence fell over the room once more.
I saw a look of helpless embarrassment appear on Kaelen's face. Behind him, the bright, hopeful light that had just returned to Chloe's eyes began to fade and shatter.
Yet their hands remained tightly clasped together, fingers intertwined, neither willing to let go of the other.
At that moment, I had to admit what I saw before me, what they shared was indeed genuine love. But it was a love that had already proven fragile, ready to break the moment it clashed with their own desperate hope of holding onto the light.
Finally, Chloe could no longer bear the suffocating quiet. She shouted at me, her voice thick with rage.
"You witch! Seren, you are nothing but a cruel, wicked woman!" Her chest rose and fell violently as she continued. "Kaelen lost h
