Smoldering Defiance

RONAN'S POV

I stepped out onto the balcony, the cool night air washing over me like a bitter reminder of how messed up everything had become. The stars were barely visible, just faint pinpricks against the inky black sky, and the distant hum of the city felt like it belonged to another world entirely—one where things were simpler, where my biggest worry wasn’t how to navigate the minefield my life