Chapter 28

There I was, sitting under the bright full moon. The light covered his face, the silver in his eyes hanging onto my heart. The thoughts in my head scattered all around, as if they’ve been forced within a tight box.

What if I let him in? I thought, That’s what he wants right? Maybe I was being too much of a coward, what if-

I felt my body get up off the bench, beginning to walk away.

Was that really who I was? To walk away from a fight?

I woke up to the sound of my blaring ringtone. It was Lyra

“Planning on waking up anytime soon?” she sounded concerned, but careful. I could only grunt in response. The white light seeped between the opaque curtains, my eyelids felt like they were sinking in, dry and still asleep. Squinting as hard as I could, I looked over to my bedside table at the glaring clock.

10:30, it read…

10:30?

It hit me like a pile of bricks that I was late, and I flung myself out of the covers. I’d never been late in my life! What was wrong with me?

Hopping into the sho