It pounded like a war drum in her chest as Zayna sat near the window, watching the rain fall like the tears she refused to shed. Her arm still ached, not from the bullet wound, but from the memory.
From the betrayal.
From THEM
She clutched the old photo frame, five friends smiling under the university gate. Isaac, Alyssa, Harv, Fenris. and herself in the middle, glowing with dreams. Now only three of them were alive.
Her breath hitched.
"Why, Harv?"
"Why did you do this to me?"
A knock broke the silence. She didn’t answer. The door creaked open anyway. "Did you come to check if I’m still breathing? Or just to watch me break all over again?" Fenris didn’t flinch. He simply placed a file on the table. "Whenever you’re ready to know the truth... open this." Then he walked out not defending himself, not begging for forgiveness.
She stared at the file with trembling fingers.
The truth?
Or another lie?
Outside, thunder cracked.
Inside, Zayna’s world continued to burn in silence.
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