NYX’S POV
The waiting hall was heavy with unspoken words, the air thick and overwhelming. Xander, Theo, Camila, and Eleanor were already seated, their eyes locked on me the moment I stepped inside. Their gazes are boring into me, shredding me down, crushing me. my pulse rapidly thudded in my ears. The coldness in the room wasn’t just from the air—it was their stares.
But I didn't surrender.
I had already resolved that I would break down there.
I calculated my steps as I crossed the room and sat in a chair. my nails digging into my palm to keep my emotions at cove.
“This is the only opportunity you have. Xander and Camila have agreed to let you stay. Camila has accepted that it was an accident. But don’t mistake their forbearance for leniency.”
Her words struck me like daggers. My l
