Chapter 294

Kieran’s POV

The library feels different at night. Like the walls are holding onto every secret whispered between these shelves and refusing to let them go.

I sit at the long wooden table, one hand resting against my forehead, eyes scanning the same page for the fifth time without actually reading a single word.

It’s pointless. All of this is pointless. Every book. Every theory. Every desperate attempt to find something—anything—that could bring her back. My chest tightens. Bring her back.Like she’s gone. Like she’s already dead. I swallow hard, forcing that thought away before it can settle. She’s not gone but right here.

“You’re going to drive yourself mad if you keep doing that.”Eli’s voice cuts softly through the silence.

I don’t look up immediately.

“I’m already halfway there,” I mutter.

That earns a quiet breath of something like a laugh as she steps closer.

“You need rest,” she says gently.

I finally looked up, mee