Maddy couldn’t sleep. Again. She tossed her legs off the bed with a deep long breath, her fingers pressing into her temples as she sat on the edge of her now uncomfortable bed.
Her nails were starting to chip from how often she chewed on them lately, but she couldn’t help it. Everything was falling apart faster than she could control.
She paced around her room for a while, her silk robe hanging loosely around her body, hair tied in a messy bun that she hadn’t bothered to fix since morning. It had been like this for days now. Ever since that girl came back.
Aurora.
Maddy hated how the name tasted on her tongue, like acid and regret. She folded her arms tight and leaned against the window, staring out at the training field where she used to watch spar and admire him.
But lately, he w
