Chapter 129

The Prey

Some people walked into your life not to stay, but to carve out a part of you that would never belong to anyone else. He was that person-chaos I couldn’t tame, and I was a quiet he couldn’t understand. Together, we were both too much and still not enough.

I didn’t know why I was even thinking about this.

But I truly wanted to know what were we? Lovers, enemies, acquaintances?

There was no word for the space we occupied in each other’s lives. No definition for the push and pull that tied us together like sea held by sand.

I wondered if he ever thought about it too, about what we were. Or if I was just another name he’d forgotten before it even left his lips.

I named it complicated.

But complicated didn’t even begin to scratch the surface.

Rara’s hands were gentle as she took the empty cup from my trembling grip. So softly as if she knew I needed the stillness. Her eyes were warm yet piercing, held mine for a mo