Chapter 46: Nyra’s POV

The house felt emptier after Roe left.

Her quiet footsteps had faded down the hall, followed by the soft click of the lock, and now I sat there suspended in silence, staring at nothing. The walls were too silent, too clean, and every sound felt louder than it should have. The soft ticking of the clock. My breaths, the wind outside. All of it.

I pulled my knees closer to my chest, resting my chin on them, and tried not to think about the night before, but how could I ...