Zara
I woke up that morning to Talia's words replaying in my mind, looping endlessly like a cursed song I couldn't silence.
"Imagine if he actually liked you… Do you still have feelings for him?"
I clenched my fists around the hem of my sleep shirt, twisting the fabric until my knuckles burned white. Did I still have feelings for Jace? My chest ached with confusion, tightening so painfully that each breath felt like shards scraping my lungs. When he kissed me, I had felt… everything. Anger. Shock. A fierce sign of longing that terrified me.
But then there was Atlas. The way he made me feel like I was something more than the broken girl everyone whispered about.
I buried my face in my knees, my hair falling around me like a dark curtain. The silence of my room was thick, br
