Chapter 250

Delilah

I hated this part, the silence after chaos.

The lingering moment where you think that everything is supposed to be right in the world and yet, you know that it is not going to be.

It was suffocating. And I hated that no one saw it as that way. No one saw it for what it really was.

I sat, watching the window, more time than I should have. I tried to think straight, but I couldn’t bring myself to do so. I couldn’t bring myself to ignore the lingering pain that I kept feeling no matter how hard I tried.

I walked.

I ran.

I couldn’t train. And that didn’t make it easier.

Regardless of what I tried to do. It didn’t become easier.

I walked slowly through the hallway, my fingers grazing the wall like I needed something to tether me. Like I needed something to remind me of what stable grounds was. My body was still aching, my bones heavy like they remembered every blow, every moment spent trapped between the real world and