CHAPTER 55
Ava’s POV
The moment I closed my bedroom door behind me, the silence settled over the room like a heavy blanket. I leaned against the door for a few seconds before letting out a slow breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding. Everything that had happened since we left the shopping mall replayed itself in my mind, one scene after another, refusing to leave me alone.
Mara’s disappointed expression hurt more than Cain’s lecture.
Cain had every right to be angry. He had warned us not to leave The Pit. We had ignored him anyway, and because of that, Bishop’s men had almost gotten their hands on us. Looking back, I understood why he had spoken the way he did.
But Mara…That was different.
The quiet disappointment in her eyes lingered with me.
I sat on the edge of my bed and rub
