Chapter 104

The more Declan resisted, the more it felt as though the sand was slipping through his fingers, faster and faster.

He watched helplessly as my spirit blasted into the night sky, like fireworks, only to disappear into the vast, endless expanse.

After that fleeting beauty, only emptiness remained.

The bracelet on his wrist was like our relationship—a sudden break, its beads scattering on the ground.