Chapter Ten

The nights grew longer, as if time itself wanted to drag me through the abyss of uncertainty I found myself in. The moon hung in the sky, bright but distant, reflecting the emptiness I felt in my chest. I could hear the echo of Jacob's laughter resonating in my memory, a melody that was once mine, but now belonged to someone else.

It was hard to accept how everything had changed so quickly. The halls of the institute, which once seemed full of shared promises and secrets, now felt cold and empty. Every time I saw Jacob next to Emily, a part of me broke a little more, leaving invisible scars that only I could feel.

Axl tried to make me laugh, and although his words were like a balm, they couldn't fill the space Jacob had left in me. That loneliness weighed on me, sneaking into every corner of my thoughts, reminding me how much I missed him, how much I had wished he would look at me the way he looked at Emily.