Callum
I stayed under the bleachers long after she was gone, staring at the space she’d just occupied, as if the air itself still held her shape.
I’d told myself, again and again, that I was done. That the bond breaking meant I could start over. That I could choose Bianca and everything that came with her. The peace, the alliance, and the perfectly drawn map of a life that made sense.
But the truth was still raw in my chest: the moment Liora looked at me, all of that felt like a lie.
I dragged a hand through my hair and forced myself to leave the shadows. The gym was buzzing again, but none of it reached me. I went through the motions once back in class, notes, budgets, Thomas endless questions, all while acting like that didn’t almost happen.
By the time I reached the hall late in th
