Fifteen days. Fifteen endless, breathless, suffocating days.
Time had started to lose its meaning for Lilith. Each morning bled into the next, the days too long and too short all at once. The world outside Ravenshore carried on, the academy gates opening at dawn, hunters training, the ocean wind sweeping through the cobbled streets, but inside her, everything had gone still.
Since that night, she hadn’t looked Zane in the eye.
He texted, called, and showed up at her door more than once. His messages were always the same, simple, kind, and normal.
You okay, Lily?
Want me to pick you up from the library?
You still owe me coffee for that last time I cooked.
And every time, she found a way to avoid him.
Homework.
Family.
Headache.
Lies.
Because she knew that the moment she saw him,
