Chapter 229

Sienna

I stared at myself in the mirror.

And for a long time, I just found myself staring.

I didn’t recognize the girl looking back. I no longer recognized the girl that I believed to be innocent, the girl that I thought would fight against all the odds to get what she wanted, to make sure that they were real.

Not because of what she wore, simple black clothes, a high-necked jacket, my hair pulled tightly away from my face, but because of the weight in her eyes. Because of the anger that I carried in my eyes, but most importantly, it was because of the feeling that I refused to voice out to anyone but the man that I loved.

Fear.

Not the kind that makes you scream.

It was not the kind that would make you explode or try to explain yourself.

It was the kind that lives in silence. In stillness. That coils inside you, cold and patient, waiting to see what you’ll do next. It waited to destroy you, eat you alive, and just make sure tha