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Why Now?

Author: Jeane
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-13 09:12:58

River didn’t speak after the name dropped from Noah’s mouth.

He just stood there. Frozen and completely still. Except for the slight twitch of his jaw.

Jace could feel the shift in the room. Like someone had knocked the air out of it, out of them.

Noah didn’t dare move.

Jace’s eyes stayed on River. “River… did you hear him?”

River blinked, slow. Then he turned his head slightly, his voice quiet, too quiet.

“I heard him.”

And that was all.

He walked out of the apartment without a word.

Jace followed him down the creaking stairwell. Neither of them said anything until they were outside.

The wind was cooler now. The streets were almost empty. A dog barked somewhere in the distance. A car honked two blocks away.

Still, River said nothing.

He didn’t look at Jace. Didn’t get in the car. Just stood there under a flickering streetlamp with his hands shoved into his jacket pockets like he was holding something inside, something heavy and wild and breaking.

Jace waited.

Then softly, “River…”

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