Nyx's Pov
I had been waiting for him.
All day, I had sat in my room, the silence pressing down on me. His voice at my door earlier had lingered, each word echoing in my head. He had said I meant a lot to him. He had said everything he did, he did because he cared.
I wanted to believe him. Gods, I wanted to. But the ache inside me was too deep. My thoughts were too tangled. He didn't say the one thing I needed to hear.
When I asked him that question, all I wanted was for him to tell me that he would love me. That he did love me.
He had been silent and I had felt like a fool.
So I had made a decision.
I needed space.
Not because I wanted to run, and not because I didn’t care. I cared too much. That was the problem. The feelings I had for Caspian were overwhelming. And I couldn’t t
