Daelan's POV.
I walked into my apartment, my bones aching. I dropped my gym bag at the door, kicking my sneakers off lazily, and looked around.
The house was quiet, and I wondered if Cassie was around as I saw no sign of her in the living room. But she really wasn't around when I got upstairs, seeing the guestroom empty.
A small part of me expected to see her on the couch or maybe curled up reading on the balcony, but the silence that greeted me was just.. the silence. I let out a breath, dragging one of my hand through my sweaty hair. The weird thing was, I wasn’t sure how I felt about her not being here. A bit of relief maybe, since... well, things were still kind of strange between us after what happened. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also kind of hoping to see her face.
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