Noah.
I left the room Anabel was in completely devastated, my mind reeling and my heavy boots dragging across the floor with every step.
She was truly dead to me?
The harsh words echoed endlessly inside my head like a cruel, repetitive riddle. I really couldn't fathom what exactly it was that had happened to her in the short space of just a few months.
How had a girl I once knew so intimately transformed into someone so cold, distant, and filled with venom?
Something was terribly, dangerously off with Anabel, and I knew in my gut that I desperately needed to find out the truth before it destroyed us both.
I walked down the long, dimly lit corridor, my heart aching for a sense of comfort. I was heading directly toward the guest room to seek solace and joy in Maria's warm, soothing arms, desperate to forget the bitter confrontation I had just endured. But as I rounded the corner, I froze.
