(Lucas’ POV).
I could not understand the apprehensive look in Lena’s eyes. It was as if she were staring at a stranger, someone she didn’t trust.
A knot tightened in my chest. Why was she looking at me like that? What had I done to deserve such suspicion?
The silence between us stretched, heavy and suffocating, filling the air with a tension I couldn’t quite place.
My mind flashed back to earlier, to when I found her. She was passed out on the floor, her body curled in on itself as if shielding from some unseen attack.
Her face was pale, beads of sweat clinging to her forehead, her lips parted slightly as if she had been trying to call for help before losing consciousness.
I had rushed to her side, heart pounding in a frenzy of panic. I shook her, called her name, but she was unr
