Chapter 10
Chapter 10
By mid-afternoon, the news had spread through Cresthaven like a chill wind. It started quietly — strange silences in places where people usually talked, neighbours pausing mid-step on the sidewalk to exchange worried glances, doors closing a little sooner than usual. Elias felt it before he heard it: the town holding its breath.
He walked Lyra home as the sun dipped low, painting the rooftops in bruised shades of purple and deep gold. Neither of them spoke much. There was no need. The silence between them wasn't empty anymore — it was full of things they both understood without words.
At her front gate, she stopped and turned to him, her fingers lingering on the pendant at her throat.
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