Chapter 60

Elodie’s POV

Two weeks passed in a blur of silence and uneasy peace.

Every morning felt the same, heavy with the kind of quiet that follows when something breaks and no one knows how to fix it.

Nyara’s number stayed off no matter how many times I called. The messages I sent piled up unanswered, a string of words that went nowhere. At first, I told myself she must be away with her parents or that