Chapter 017
Emilia's POV
As soon as I opened my eyes, I knew something was wrong.
My room's air felt too heavy and motionless, like the quiet before a storm. My chest hurt as though I had been fighting something in my sleep all night and lost. The pillow under me was wet. Another night, a dream I couldn't remember, weighed on me like an unspoken secret.
Out of habit, I grabbed my phone.
Don't text.
No calls were missed.
Niklas said nothing.
followed last night. after everything.
I wished for the screen to light up as I gazed at it. There was only one message on the screen. A word. Anything.
But there was silence.
The sheets were a tangled mess around me as I curled in closer. Somewhere between my throat and lungs, my breath caught. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to cry, scre
