CHAPTER 078

AUDREY'S POV

The whole place still felt like a battlefield—tension clung to the walls like thick smoke, and the last thing I wanted was to face any of them. Emotions were still raw, and I had no desire to say something I might regret. So I made up my mind: I’d wait until morning. Maybe, the dust would settle a little by then, and we could all breathe again. Or at least pretend to.

That evening, I