Jocelyn’s POVI didn’t sleep. I tried, at some point. I closed my laptop, leaned back, even turned off the light like that would somehow make everything calm, but it didn’t. The silence only made it worse. Every time I closed my eyes, the fragments came back, not as clear answers, but as unfinished thoughts that refused to stay quiet.So I stopped trying.By the time the first light filtered into the room, I was already dressed, already moving, already done pretending I could wait this out and let him come to me when he was ready.Because he wouldn’t.Daniel didn’t avoid things out of fear. If he believed something needed to stay buried, then he would keep it there, no matter what it cost.And right now, that cost included me. That was what pushed me out the door.I didn’t rush down the hallway, but I didn’t slow down either. I was going to meet Daniel. His space was at the far end.Now, It felt like a boundary I had already decided to cross.The guards outside nodded slightly when th
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