The Unheard Truth

GENEVIEVE'S POV

Silence engulfed the room, accompanied only by my sobs and sniffles.

Cassian was eerily still, not moving an inch, his muscles so tight beneath my touch that I could feel him flinch.

He stared at me, his eyes boring into mine, his jaw hard, but he didn't utter a word. There was no reaction from him. None.

“Stand.” Cassian commanded, his cold voice cutting through the silence and ma