I opened my mouth, but she raised her hand to silence me.“You came to the wrong person, Ethan. You played the wrong game,” she said, voice low but deadly. “And now you have to step back. Because you are choosing the wrong opponent. I'm not asking you to step back. I'm telling you that you need to s
Ethan:I stood at the door for a second longer than I should’ve.It wasn't because I wanted to, It was because I knew that Sienna was right. I knew that I had made a mistake and that right now I needed to pay the price of it, regardless of how painful it was.The wood was cold beneath my knuckles af
Sienna:I knocked gently on the infirmary door before pushing it open. I knew that I shouldn't have come, but I also knew that she might need someone to speak to sometimes. She might need someone to actually be willing to listen to her. She might not say it, but I could tell that she needed it. At l
Delilah:The sun hadn’t warmed the air nearly enough. It wasn't cold either, but I felt like everything around me just lose its life. Everything around me just felt empty and quiet.I felt the sun’s light on my skin, but there was nothing soft about it, nothing that seeped in far enough to melt the
Ethan:“Well, you look like hell.” Carter said once he saw me walking out of my room.“And you are not going to speak to me unless you want to lose your head. Trust me, I'm not in the mood today. And the last thing that you want is to find yourself on the opposite side of my anger, especially after
Delilah:I didn’t know how I made it to the infirmary.I didn't even know how I was still standing, how I was able to walk.My feet carried me through the halls on instinct, but everything around me was a blur, muted voices, soft footsteps, distant echoes of a life I didn’t want to feel anymore. A l