Cold Apology

Selah’s POV

Gael had just become my first kiss. The sheer, crushing weight of that realization kept me pinned against the damp stone, my chest heaving as he pulled back into the flickering shadows. Neither of us spoke. The silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating, wrapping around my throat like a vice. I pressed my hands against the icy wall, letting the chill bite into my skin to remi