Dane
The moment Lusia looked up at me, something inside me shattered. For the first time in my life, I felt utterly paralyzed—not by fear, not by rage, but by something far more dangerous.
Her hazel eyes, wide and full of uncertainty, locked onto mine, and in that instant, I felt everything at the same time. My body felt like an endless pit filled with different emotions that kept on stirring, making me feel every bit of them. I could feel them consume me and I wasn’t able to pull myself out of the pit. I was stuck, drowning as my body succumbed to them.
I felt all of them. Guilt. For making her doubt herself. I had told her to stand up for herself and when she did, I pushed her away. I was stupid to do so. I was supposed to be proud of her. She had stood against Kiara and held hersel
