Chapter 113

• ORION
• Being depressed about it did not mean the need to see her was gone. Both feelings lived together, heavy and tight in my chest. She had locked herself away from everyone, curled up in her room, doing nothing at all. No visits. No answers. Just silence.
• A slow breath left my lungs as my eyes drifted to the ceiling. Morning light spilled across the opaque windows, too bright for how I felt. Sleep had come easily last night. No freezing moments. No sudden jolts. Those things had become normal to me anyway.