199. The Truth He No Longer Carries AloneRoman

No one answers him, not immediately because the question “Are you through?” doesn’t feel like a question at all. It feels like a line drawn across the room, clean and deliberate, one they have all just stepped over without realizing.

Roman watches them: Bella, still holding Mila close, her expression carefully arranged, though the edges are beginning to crack. Chase, leaning back now, his posture looser than before but his eyes sharp, ...