Chapter 63

LYDIA’S POV

I didn’t know how long I stayed like that, curled up on the hotel bed, staring at nothing, feeling everything.

The silence pressed in on me, heavy and suffocating, broken only by the occasional sound of cars passing outside. My chest ached in a way I didn’t understand.

Why did it hurt this much?

Cassian was everything I had warned myself about. He was dangerous, possessive, and overwhe