I found Mira waiting exactly where she'd left me, leaning against the wall outside Ethan's door, her expression shifting the moment she saw my face, grief and something like resignation settling there before I'd even spoken a word."That bad," she said quietly.I didn't answer. I couldn't, my throat too tight around everything still lodged there, and she simply pulled me carefully into her arms, mindful of my bandages, letting me lean against her while whatever composure I'd managed to hold onto through that conversation finally, completely, gave way."I don't know what to do," I whispered, once I could speak again. "Mira, he looked at me like I was, nothing. Worse than nothing. Like I was something he resented for existing at all.""I know," she said softly, guiding me toward a small waiting area near the end of the hall, easing me down into a chair. "I'm so sorry, Selene. I hoped, foolishly maybe, that seeing you might trigger something. Some fr
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