Elvira

I couldn’t sleep. I spent the entire night pacing the room, heart racing, my breath shallow, as if everything were closing in on me. I couldn't stop thinking about her. Elyra, or whoever she really was under that hoodie. My instincts screamed otherwise. The way she appeared and vanished… I hugged myself tighter, trying to chase away the coldness she left me with. My thoughts were a tangled mess of suspicion, fear, and guilt.

Was it my place ...