Chapter 99

Declan

I didn’t know how long I’d been sitting there—on the cold floor, back against the wall, staring at nothing, thinking about that day. Time had blurred into a dull, endless hum. My hands had stopped bleeding somewhere along the way, the blood drying in dark smears across my knuckles and wrists, but they still looked like a mess.

The silence was heavy, pressing against my ears, until a sound c