Chapter 215

Delilah

I didn’t know how I made it to the infirmary.

I didn’t even know how I was still standing, how I was able to walk.

My feet carried me through the halls on instinct, but everything around me was a blur, muted voices, soft footsteps, distant echoes of a life I didn’t want to feel anymore. A life that I did not even understand, that I did not want to understand. That I thought that I would have a chance and only to realize that it was nothing more than a game, a lie.

My chest ached. My throat was raw. And no matter how hard I tried, the tears kept coming. I wiped them so many times to the point where I just gave up.

By the time I stood in front of Lysandra’s room, I knew that I was going to need to stop. It didn’t matter now. She was going through more hell than anyone would imagine. I couldn’t allow her to see my pain in my eyes.

I took a breath and wiped my tears one more time, knowing that I did not want her to see it and opening th