Silas didn’t come back like a hero. He came back like a secret.Sonia stood in her dorm room, back pressed against the door. The moonlight cut across the floor in cold, white slashes. She felt like she was balancing on a blade, a single slip and everything would shatter.Eric had walked her back from the garden, asking questions she didn’t answer. He’d seen Silas, but he didn’t know everything. And she couldn’t tell him, not yet. Not when Silas’s life depended on shadows.Sonia turned toward the bed. Silas sat on the edge, elbows on his knees, looking older than seventeen. His hair was longer, his eyes sharper. That same smirk she’d known since they were kids was gone.“Don’t look at me like that,” he muttered, running a hand through his hair.“Like what?” Sonia crossed her arms.“Like I’m a ghost. I’m not a ghost, Sonia.”Her throat tightened. “I thought you were dead.”Silas exhaled slowly. “I know.”She moved closer, each step feeling like a hundred miles. She wanted to hug him, bu
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