°•♡Chapter 120~ When She Slips Away

《》Ronan's POV

The yard was empty except for me. My knuckles were already raw, but I didn’t stop. Pain was better than silence. Silence meant thinking. And when I thought too much, all I saw was Aria’s face—falling apart under the weight of losing them.

The twins.

I drove another punch into the post, shoulders heaving. It echoed in the cold night air.

I wanted nothing more than to find them, to bring them back safe into her arms. But there was nothing. No trail. No leads. Just waiting, and waiting was unbearable.

“Still at it?”

I stiffened, half hoping I imagined the voice. But when I turned, Lucien was there, shadows cutting sharp across his face.

I grunted and faced the post again. “Could ask you the same.”

“Couldn’t sleep,” he said quietly.

“Neither could I.”

The silence between us stretched. We weren’t good at this—talking. Not with so much unspoken between us. I landed another hard blow, forcing my chest to steady.

“I’ll go check on Aria,” Lucien said after a beat.

“Don