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I return to the bed and sink onto the mattress. My body gives in instantly, like it’s been waiting for permission. I close my eyes for just a second—or that’s what I tell myself—but sleep catches me fast. *** I wake to the sound of giggles. The kind of laughter that fills a room like sunlight. Wh

Noah I don’t know how long I’ve been standing here. Long enough to feel like an intruder in my own house. Sierra’s laugh drifts across the room, wrapping around my children like sunlight. Nova is nestled in her lap, Nolan pressed close on the other side, both of them chattering and grinning as if

Sierra I wake up feeling disoriented, like I’ve been dropped into someone else’s dream. The sheets smell different and it takes a few seconds before memory clicks back into place. I’m in Noah’s house. For a moment, I just lie there, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, my mind wandering back to yest

The card is heavier than I expect when I pick it up, or maybe it’s just my overthinking brain. My fingers are trembling from a tremor that roots itself in the base of my skull and spreads out like a warning. I push the other cards aside with the heel of my palm as if I can shove the unease away.

The silence that follows after Brook leaves feels like a living thing. For a long moment, I just stand there, staring at the wood grain of the door as if I could still see her face on the other side. Her words linger, crawling under my skin like invisible ants, biting and burning. My chest feels too