The door closed silently behind Tobias. A single click, and the world suddenly became much smaller. They were alone.
Andromeda lay sunken into the pillow, while Lucian stood a few steps away, still not moving—like he wasn’t sure where he belonged in this new, unfamiliar silence. The air was heavier than before. Not because of the lack of words, but because everything had already been said that could make the air tremble—and what comes next wasn’t the past anymore. It was something else. Something unknown.
The silence stayed with them for long minutes. It wasn’t awkward, but it was deep. Tired, suffocating—like when two people carry the same weight, just under different scars.
In the end, Andromeda was the first to move. Not much, not dramatically. She just turned her head to the side, s
