Noah kept his eyes trained on me, or rather, my hand and the ring on my finger. The ring pierced through his final mask like a needle. His lips moved, and he mouthed one word. I figured out what he meant. “How?” he asked. How did things end up like this? How did I slip out of his control? How did I win?I could not be bothered to answer. Samuel did not even look at them. He just turned to me and asked, “Are you cold? The sun has set, and it’s getting colder.”“A bit.”He unbuttoned his coat and wrapped it around me to the point that only my head was exposed to the wind. I could faintly smell the clean and calming scent of soap on him. “Let’s go.” As he held me, we walked past the other two without sparing them another glance. To be honest, we never gave them any extra attention from the moment we saw them. When we brushed past them, I heard Tyler whisper something softly. It sounded as if he had squeezed the words out of his throat. “Sorry.”I did not stop walking
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