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CHAPTER TWELVE — The Space Between

Author: Souldraft
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-09 03:38:32

Ava's POV

Thursday came in gray and cold and I was already awake before my alarm.

I had been lying in the dark since five thinking about what Elena might say and trying to prepare myself for something I couldn't prepare for because I didn't know what shape it was yet. That's the thing about waiting for information. Your brain fills the gap with everything it can imagine and by the time the actual thing arrives you're already exhausted from all the versions you invented.

She arrived at eleven.

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