A Night of Unspoken Truths
The flames of the bonfire crackled softly, casting flickering shadows on the sand. The warmth of the fire barely reached Elsa, who sat stiffly beside Liam, arms wrapped around herself as she tried to shake off the cold. She wasn’t sure what made her more uneasy—the eerie silence of the deserted island or the fact that Liam was the only person she could rely on right now.
Liam, on the other hand, was unusually quiet. He watched Elsa from the corner of his eye, studying the way she tensed every time he moved. A part of him enjoyed her discomfort, but another part—a part he refused to acknowledge—felt something else. Guilt? No. That couldn’t be it.
She had betrayed him. She had left him to die in that fire. She had run off with another man.
And yet, why did it f
