AIDEN’S POV
“Aiden!” she called after me, irritation slicing through the night air. But I didn’t turn back. I couldn’t.
Outside, the cool night wrapped around me like a shock of cold water. The moon hung low, casting silver light across the lawn, and the air smelled faintly of earth and pine. I inhaled deeply, hoping it would steady the chaos churning in my chest. It didn’t.
Elena’s face flashed in my mind—her dark blue eyes filled with pain, her lips trembling as she’d whispered her final words to me. “I hope our paths never cross again.”
Where was she now? What was she doing? Was she thinking about me, or had she already moved on? The thought of her finding happiness without me, of her being with someone else, sent a pang of jealousy through me. But why? I had no right to feel that w
