Levi’s POVI wasn’t in the mood to see anyone.After the conversation with Nova, my heart had been pacing like a caged animal. The echo of her voice saying we needed space refused to quiet down. She hadn’t screamed. She hadn’t lashed out. But her calm resolve was worse. It meant she had already made up her mind.And a made-up mind is very hard to fight, to convince otherwise.I could feel the beginning of distance crawling between us like a fog. She was slipping.And I was the cause of it all. Since that moment that Naomi and Felicia leaked the video of her and Jace, I shouldn’t have locked her out. I should have given her a listening ear. I should have never doubted her even if I was angry. And because of that hole between us, the haters were ready to take advantage. And I gave them the power and chance to make sure they did that. They used it well, especially Felicia. I was still standing in the hallway outside her hospital room, my hands shoved into the pockets of my coat, trying
Nova's POV The hospital room was quiet now. After all the crazy news, the crying, and the memories that hit me like broken glass, there was just silence. Heavy silence that made you sit there with feelings you did not know what to do with. Levi sat down in the chair that was close to my bed. He rested his arms on his knees and his hands kept moving around each other. I could see it in him that he was trying to think of what to say. I felt him staring at me when he thought I was not looking. But I was looking. I always watched him. That was my problem. I turned from the window. The morning light hit his face and made him look soft. His eyes found mine. He looked like he wanted something but was scared too. "I know this is bad timing," he said in a low voice. "But we have to talk. Just us two. No one else is around." I nodded. "Yeah, we do." He got up, walked up to my bed, and sat down on the floor next to it. His hand went to the sheets that was close to mine but he did not tou
Nova’s POVRita held my hand as if she was scared that I would disappear again, but I do not blame her for doing that. I was feeling I might in a way.My body was still heavy from the injuries I sustained from the accident, my mind tangled between Nova and Jasmine, past and present, fear and understanding. But her warmth grounded me. The tears between us had dried, but it left a strange calmness behind, a stillness that made me feel safe for the first time in a long while.She sat down beside me now, wiping the corner of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand. “There is something else that I need to tell you,” she said softly. Her voice was careful, it sounded as if she was trying not to ruin the moment. “About Felicia.”The name hit me like a dull knock in the chest. My muscles became tense.“I do not want to talk about her,” I said quickly, my voice became more quiet than intended.“You need to know the truth,” Rita said gently. “You deserve to.”I nodded, swallowing the nerves
Nova’s POV I woke up slowly, it was as if my mind was walking through syrup. There was no jolt. No panic. Just quiet.Gentle beeping. A warm blanket. The muted scent of antiseptic and fresh sheets. The soft hum of something mechanical.I looked up at the ceiling, and I blinked, letting my eyes to slowly adjust to the soft light that was overhead. I felt very tired, as if my whole body was not used by me. My throat was dry, my hands were really in pains, and a strange heaviness was attached to my legs. But the most overwhelming sensation was clarity. Everything was so clear to me.Because the moment I opened my eyes, I remembered everything. All of it.Not just the crash. Not just Felicia’s games or Levi’s silence. I remembered before that. Before this life.Before Nova.I remembered Jasmine.I did not even know how it happened or why the memories came, but they did. It was flowing like water that was rushing through a crack in a glass, they surged and overwhelmed me. A mother’s voi
Levi's POVI did not even hear myself scream."Doctor! Nurse! Somebody get in here now!"My voice broke as I jumped up from the chair. Nova went limp and her face turned white. Way too white. I stumbled back to the hallway and waved my arms around like crazy. The nurse from down the hall came running. Two more nurses and a doctor with a tablet ran behind her."She just woke up. She was awake!" I said fast, trying to make them get it. "She opened her eyes and then boom, she passed out again.""Sir, move aside," one of the nurses said to me.I felt someone's hand on my shoulder. Rita. She looked ready to break down too, but she kept quiet as the medical team rushed into the room and closed the door.We stood outside that door like we were frozen. Just waiting. Could not do anything.I turned to look at her."You," I said quietly. "What the hell was that?"Her eyes got watery. She looked guilty but also like a weight got lifted off her. Like she just told a secret she kept buried for ye
Nova’s POVWaking up should have felt like the beginning of healing. Like I finally see the white light in the midst of the overwhelming darkness.But it didn’t.It didn’t feel that way.Instead, it felt like the start of something I couldn’t put a name to—a tugging sensation in the back of my mind that refused to let go.It was constant. It was nagging. It kept on hammering me.Everything around me was white. Bleached walls, sterile air, and the quiet hum of machines that had been keeping time while I was unconscious. While I kept snapping back and forth without waking up, fully regaining consciousness.Levi was there, sitting beside me, his eyes red-rimmed and tired, his hand clutching mine like a lifeline.It’s funny how he is finally seeing me, finally being here when I was no longer begging him to see me. He was saying some things, in a very soft tone.But I wasn’t listening to him.Not really.I heard him, yes. Felt the warmth of his palm, the tremor in his voice as he tried to