Franklin pulled down his facemask slowly, his fingers trembling slightly as he revealed the face she had once known so well.
Thalia froze in place.
Her pulse quickened, but her expression didn’t change at all. She had already recognized those eyes, there was no mistaking them, she knew it was the same deep, guilt-ridden eyes she used to stare into every night, the same eyes that once made her feel safe, then broke her heart into pieces which she still bled from them.
She didn't call for guards just to hear the s**t he has to say, since he's so desperate.
“What are you doing here?” she asked coldly, her voice almost too calm.
“I needed to talk to you,” Franklin said, his voice quiet, hesitant, as if the wrong word might make her vanish.
Thalia raised a brow, crossing her arms tightl
