Chapter 17 : After The City
(Dominic POV)
The rooftop had emptied out without me really noticing when it started happening. One moment there were voices and glasses clinking and staff moving between tables. The next it was just background noise thinning into silence. By the time I checked the time it was already past one in the morning.
I should have left earlier. I did not.
Zara was still there, leaning against the railing like she had no urgency to be anywhere else either. That alone did not make sense to me. People her age usually counted minutes in places like this. She did not.
I stayed where I was instead of overthinking it. Overthinking was starting to become a habit I did not like.
A staff member passed behind us quietly, clearing the last of the glasses. I watched him go, th
