Chapter 66

Cora POV

That night, sleep refused to come.

I lay on my narrow bed staring at the ceiling, listening to the hum of the old air conditioner and the distant sound of traffic outside my window. Every time I closed my eyes, Teagan’s voice echoed in my head.

I’m not leaving you again.

I rolled onto my side and hugged the pillow tightly against my chest, as if it could anchor me. My heart felt raw, scraped open. I had worked so hard to build walls around myself these past ...