Love me if you dare
Ethan crossed the kitchen fast, pulling her into his arms, and Zara let herself be held, let herself shake against his chest, the exhaustion and fear of the past weeks crashing back over her in a wave that felt, for one terrible moment, like it might never actually end.
"We'll get through this," Ethan murmured into her hair, though even his steady voice carried a thread of the same fear now settling deep in Zara's chest. "Whatever happens, whoever's still out there — we face it together. I promise you that."
Zara wanted, desperately, to believe him completely.
But somewhere on campus, close enough to have watched her for months without ever once being suspected, a second person was still out