Bound by His Promise
Nearby.
“She’s close,” sabi ko quietly.
Rhea didn’t flinch.
“Good,” sagot niya.
That scared me more than anything else.
RHEA’S POV
“I came here to remember,” sabi ko into the room.
“And I did.”
I closed my eyes briefly.
“I remember the fear,” dagdag ko.
“The confusion. The loneliness.”
I opened them again.
“But I also remember the moment I realized—
you were afraid of me too.”
Silence.
Then—