So Much To Say But

Razeal finally took a deep breath the moment Nova vanished from sight, her chilling presence no longer pressing down on him like a mountain. His shoulders, tense and rigid all this time, sagged slightly as if only now realizing the strain. His heartbeat pounded in his ears, loud and relentless, as the adrenaline coursing through his veins made his body feel both heavy and hollow at once.

He wouldn't lie not to himself.

He was fucking scared. Scared to the bone.

But he was still standing. Somehow.

His gaze drifted across the crowd that had watched everything in stunned silence. He ignored the sea of faces, their widened eyes, their barely concealed whispers starting to stir as the tension of the last moments began to crack apart. His mind felt like it needed a moment, just one, to rest.