Eve’s POV

Malik found me before I had the courage to go searching for him, i was sitting outside by my room , staring at the trees while trying to reduce the rapid rythym of my pulse. It all felt too loud and I was tired, tired of never knowing, of always being caught unawares, taken by surprise even by what was supposed to be my life

The wooden door creaked softly behind me.“Eve?”

I turn around slowly to see Malik leaning against the doorway his arms crossed, chest rising and falling ...