SIENNAI didn’t want to come back.I kept telling myself it was just a few days. Just one week. My brother’s wedding… and then I’d go back to my life in the city like nothing ever happened. Like this place didn’t exist. Like he didn’t exist.I leaned my head against the car window, watching the city lights slowly fade behind us. The roads were getting emptier now. Darker. The familiar rush of traffic had turned into long, quiet stretches of highway surrounded by trees. Too quiet.I exhaled slowly, pulling my shawl tighter around myself. “You okay back there, miss? You’ve been quiet the whole way.”“Yeah, I’m fine,” I mumbled, forcing a small smile. “Just… tired.”Truth was, I was anything but fine. My stomach had been in knots since I packed my bag two days ago. Grandma’s old house in the city had felt safe for so long after Mom and Dad died. The accident took them when I was only ten, and Daxtor, who was twenty one at the time, stayed behind with Grandpa to keep the family business ru
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