All Chapters of Forsaken Omega: Chapter 71 - Chapter 77

The moment we stepped out of the hospital, the air felt… wrong. Too still. Too quiet. Like everything was holding its breath. Lucian didn’t slow down. One arm steady around Mira, the other slightly out like he was ready for anything. Arin stayed close to me this time. Closer than usual. That alone told me he felt it too. “Where are we going?” he asked quietly. “Main gate,” Lucian answered. No hesitation. No second guessing. Straight out of Ironhaven. My grip tightened slightly around Arin’s hand. Something in my chest wouldn’t settle. “You feel it too, don’t you?” I said under my breath. Lucian didn’t look at me. “Yes.” That was enough. We kept walking. Fast. Purposeful. The guards we passed stepped aside immediately. No one stopped us. That should’ve made me feel better. It didn’t. If anything… it made it worse. Too easy. Way too easy. Mira shifted slightly. “Why does it feel like we’re sneaking out?” she muttered. “We’re not sneaking,” I said. “Feels

The water still clung to her skin long after she stepped out of the pool.Mia could feel it—cool droplets tracing slow paths down her neck, slipping past her collarbone, disappearing beneath the thin fabric of her singlet. But it wasn’t the water that made her pulse uneven.It was him.Zade hadn’t moved.Not even an inch.He stood a few feet away, arms relaxed at his sides, but there was nothing relaxed about him. His eyes were locked on her—not casually, not accidentally—but with a focus so intense it felt like pressure against her skin.Mia swallowed.“Why are you looking at me like that?”Her voice came out softer than she intended.Zade didn’t answer immediately. His gaze flickered—just once—down her body, then back up to her face. That small movement alone made her breath hitch.“You walked out like you didn’t know I was here,” he finally said, voice low.“I didn’t,” she replied quickly, though even she could hear the weakness in it.A corner of his mouth lifted—not quite a smile

Mia didn’t sleep well.She told herself it was nothing. Just a long day. Too much going on.But every time she closed her eyes, her mind dragged her right back to that room.To him.To the way he looked at her like he could see straight through whatever she was trying to hide.It was annoying.Worse than annoying.Because he wasn’t even wrong.She turned on her bed again, dragging the pillow over her face.“This is stupid,” she muttered into it.It didn’t help.After a while, she gave up.The room was quiet. Too quiet. The kind of silence that makes your thoughts louder instead of calmer.Mia sat up, running a hand through her hair before swinging her legs off the bed.A walk.That’s all she needed.Just fresh air. Clear her head. Reset.Nothing more.—The hallway lights were dim, most people already asleep.Good.Less chance of running into anyone.She moved quietly, arms folded as she walked past the empty corridors, her footsteps soft against the floor.Everything felt… normal.To