Eve’s POV
Malik found me before I had the courage to go searching for him, i was sitting outside by my room , staring at the trees while trying to reduce the rapid rythym of my pulse. It all felt too loud and I was tired, tired of never knowing, of always being caught unawares, taken by surprise even by what was supposed to be my life
The wooden door creaked softly behind me.“Eve?”
I turn around slowly to see Malik leaning against the doorway his arms crossed, chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm I instantly held on to. His hair is disheveled, like he ran fingers through it too many times in few seconds. His eyes scan me with worry that tightens something deep inside my chest.
“You disappeared again,” he says quietly. “I almost tore the whole place apart looking for you.”
Guil
