Chapter 50
- Nathaniel's POV.
- I closed the hidden door behind me slowly, the picture of Lillian’s smile still branded behind my eyes. The way she had looked at me in that room… curious, but also… softened… was something I hadn’t dared hope to see again. Not after everything.
- She was sitting in the one place I had reserved for my silence, and for the first time in months, the quiet in my chest wasn’t deafening, it was full.