Malric’s Pov
It has been two days since that night and I still don’t know why I reacted the way I did. I can’t stop thinking about it. About her. About the look in her eyes when I told her I never wanted to see her face again.
Did she leave?
I haven’t seen her anywhere. Not even by chance. I haven’t heard her voice. I haven’t even caught her shadow, but her scent… her scent still lingers everywhere. Or maybe it’s just in my head, haunting me, driving me mad.
I’ve been keeping to myself, staying inside this room, handling all matters from here, refusing to go out more than I need to. If she’s still here, I don’t know. If she’s gone, I don’t want to know. And yet, I need to know.
The door opened suddenly without a knock. Of course, only Cory would dare.
“I just came to tell you,” he st
