NARINE’S POV I waited for him all through the night. Not a single blink of sleep touched my eyes. I sat in the middle of the bed, hugging my knees to my chest, staring at the door, willing it to open and for him to step in. But he never came. And now… the day had begun again. Light crept into the room slowly, like it was tiptoeing around, filling the space with warmth I didn’t feel. My heart ached in a way I couldn’t explain. This was the first time he had stayed away from the room for this long, and also the first time since I got here that he didn’t sleep in here. I wrapped my arms tighter around myself. Where was he? He didn’t deserve what I said. Especially when I hadn’t meant it. I just… I didn’t know how to not lash out when I felt scared. I didn’t know how to let good thi

