~SELENE~
Eira's cell was not a prison.
It was tucked away in the eastern wing of the Keep—an ancient chamber with no windows, a massive wooden door, and silence that pressed like a second skin.
When the guards standing outside spotted me, they moved aside; their eyes were full of the same queries I refused to answer.
I unlocked the door on my own.
The hinges wheezed.
She was sitting cross legged on the floor, hair tangled… barefoot, her hands laid on her knees like she had been meditating… or getting ready to break something.
She looked up slowly.
Her eyes filled with fury, not tears, as she saw me.
"It's nice of you to remember I exist."
I shut the door behind me.
"Eira..."
“Don’t.” Her voice sliced like frost.
“Don't call my name like I'm the one who betrayed you.”
"I didn'
