Sindy
The door was still vibrating with the echo of his words long after his footsteps faded.
You already gave me what matters most. Your trust.
I pressed my back against the wood, fists clenched, my chest rising and falling too fast. The words crawled under my skin, burrowed into my chest, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t claw them out.
Because they weren’t just words.
They were truth.
And gods, I hated him for it.
The bond pulsed hot in my veins, steady and relentless, mocking me with every beat of my heart. I wanted to scream, to break something, to rip the thread from my chest until there was nothing left but silence.
But instead, I sank to the floor, my knees trembling, my breath coming in sharp bursts.
I thought of the cliff, the void yawning beneath me, the stone
