Author’s POV
Raven didn't even realise when she stepped out of the apartment. All she wanted to do was to get away from everything. From Kane. From Vaughan. From those piercing words. From those triggering scenes.
She would have made her way to the dorm, but the way her legs trembled beneath her told her that she might not make it to the dorm before she collapsed. So she walked into the garden beside Vaughan's apartment as the night cool air with a faint scent of jasmine brush against her still flushed skin.
She took a seat on the bench, her arms wrapped tightly around herself as if she could hold her emotions in. The garden was quiet with nothing but the rustle of leaves, the soft chirping of night creatures, and the muffled sound of her own breathing as she fought to keep her tears fr
