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Chapter 90: What He Left Behind

Author: jk_Francis
last update publish date: 2026-03-18 21:13:39

What He Left Behind

POV: Ezra

The room feels wrong the moment he disappears.

Not empty.

Worse.

Like something essential has been removed from the structure of reality itself and everything left behind is just… trying to hold shape.

I’m still standing exactly where he left me.

Same position. Same breath half-caught in my chest.

My hand is still slightly raised, like I was going to reach for him.

Like I could have stopped him.

I don’t lower it immediately.

Matteo does.

His fingers cl
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