Illusion of Peace

Vivienne’s POV

After staring at the ceiling once again for far longer than necessary, I reached for my phone and unlocked it, and the first notification that caught my eye was a message from Ruslan. His text was laced with concern, taking the same tone that they had in the last one week. “Are you all right, Vieve? You haven’t been sounding like your usual self. Did I do something?”

For a long time