Chapter 58 – Time For Answers
- Zeru
- I sat still, holding her close, letting Ella take all the time she needed. She didn’t need words right now. She needed space—space to breathe, to fall apart, to gather the broken pieces of a truth she never knew she needed.
- Her shoulders shook for a while, the kind of shaking that came from somewhere deep—where grief had lived quietly for years. I didn’t rush her. I didn’t speak. I just… stayed.