Chapter 104
Nikolas' POV
Her voice came back, and it was the same as before.
In the beginning, it was gentle, just a soft sound near my ears, like wind blowing through an open window.
It was then that I saw her.
Lena.
She was standing in the field behind our old house without shoes, and the moon shone behind her like a crown. Her eyes were a different color than I had remembered. They were so bright, almost too much, that I forgot how to breathe.
"Nik," she said. Her voice was calm, but it had something I couldn't put my finger on.
I wanted to go to her, but I couldn't make my legs move. They seemed heavy, as if they were not mine.
You seem to be holding back still.
I told him, "I'm not." We both understood that I was.
She moved a little closer. The grass moved with her as if it
