NYX'S POV
My body trembled as the soap slipped out of my hand, landing with a soft glop against the wet floor.
"Just a little time more" I said, but my voice wavered, betraying the fear building in my insides.
Eva, paced restlessly in my mind, her anxiety knotting with mine, intensifying my unease.
"Don't go. Don't go," she whimpered. Her fear watered into me, wrapping around my ribs like a vice.
A wave of goosebumps bubbled over my damp skin. My blood turned icy.
Then his voice sliced through the unyielding silence.
"I should get you myself."
I gasped, nearly screaming, but I pressed my lips into a thin line, swallowing the fear soaring up my throat.
Theo.
He loomed at the bathroom doorway, his shadow covering over distance, like a predator closing in on its hunt.
I quickly gra
