RAVENNA POV
Once the words started flowing, they wouldn’t stop. I couldn’t tell if the expression on Darius’s face meant I should have kept quiet or if I should continue. It felt like a mix of both; he was just as confused as I was.
I had stopped hating Darius for a while now, my head just took a while to catch up on that update.
Darius remained silent as he stared at me with his eyes filled with pain and longing. Why was he pained? Did he want me to hate him? But that kiss earlier says otherwise. And what was he longing for? It couldn't be… me?
Now, now, Ravenna, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
"Say something," I whispered when the silence stretched on.
Darius swallowed, hard, before he looked away from me and swallowed again. That was a lot of swallowing in just three second
