Nyx's Pov
Leaving Caspian was the hardest thing I had ever done. And to be honest, I didn’t want to.
Every part of me wanted to stay. To run back to him, to tell him that I didn’t need words, that I would settle for his silence if it meant I could keep him. But another part of me knew better.
If I stayed, I’d keep second guessing everything. I’d keep wondering if his silence meant he didn’t love me. I’d keep breaking myself against walls that might never come down.
So I told myself the truth. I had to leave.
That night, long after the lamps had burned low, I rolled my small suitcase out of my room. The sound of the wheels on the floorboards was too loud, too final. My chest hurt with every step.
The guards in the hall looked at me, their eyes wide, but none of them moved. They only
