The Weight of Silence

~SIENNA POV~

(Evening, same day)

The garden is quieter now.

The air feels softer too, like the world is finally breathing again after everything that just happened. Fabiana's harsh words are still somewhere in the back of my mind, like tiny needles stuck in my thoughts, but strangely... I'm not hurting anymore.

Instead, a slow, warm smile curves across my lips as I stare at the pathway she stormed