CHAPTER 28
-Adrian- You're thinking about her, Nox says suddenly, catching me off guard. What? No, I'm not. Yes, you are. You're wondering what she would think if she saw this side of you. The monster Amos created. The darkness you try to hide. I clench my jaw, the truth of his words cutting deeper than any blade. She's not here. She'll never see this side of me. That was the whole f*****g point of walking away. You're afraid she'd look at you the way everyone else does—with fear. But what if she didn't? What if she saw all of you and stayed anyway? Shut up, I growl internally, the possibility too painful to consider. You left her because you were afraid she'd see the real you and run. But maybe— I said SHUT UP! Eddie lets out another piercing scream as Asher moves to his other hand, and I f
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