GREEN’S POV. The silence in my apartment was supposed to be a comfort, but tonight it felt like a trap, every corner of the room carrying traces of her, her voice, her scent, the way she looked at me with that quiet defiance that made it harder to breathe the longer I stayed still. I sat on the edge of the couch with my hands gripping my knees, forcing my body into stillness even though nothing inside me felt steady. There was a pressure in my chest that wouldn’t ease, something deeper than exhaustion, something that didn’t respond to discipline or logic. I had faced battles before, real ones where the outcome depended on strength and strategy, but this was different. This wasn’t something I could outmaneuver. Ravenna had become impossible to ignore. Her presence lingered no matter how much distance I tried to create, settling into every space I occupied, following me even into silence. Every time she stepped into a room, I felt something in me shift, something I had spent year
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