Selene's POV
Caz looked at her for a long second. His eyes didn’t hold anger, just pain.
Then he let out a slow breath, his shoulders falling as he turned away. His boots moved across the gravel, quiet and heavy. I watched his back as he walked farther from her, farther from the thing they once had.
Elara took a step like she might follow him, but I moved between them before she could.
“He doesn’t want to see you right now,” I said firmly.
She blinked up at me, her eyes still teary and red. But I didn’t care.
“He is not in a place to listen to your excuses. Not today,” I added. “If you push him now, you will only make it worse.”
She didn’t speak at first, her hands shaking at her sides, and her lips quivering like she had words stuck behind her teeth.
“I know you feel something fo
