Adrian's POV
I watched her stand there, motionless, beneath the ancient stone arch of the city gates.
The wind howled through the ruins, whipping her hair across her face. But she didn't move. Didn't flinch. She just stood there, staring at nothing, lost in a world I couldn't reach.
The sigh that escaped her lips was so soft I almost missed it.
But I didn't.
I heard it. Felt it. Like a needle slipping between my ribs.
And in that whisper of a breath, I could almost hear her asking the question.
*Is he okay?*
I shook my head, a bitter laugh catching in my throat.
*I'm losing my mind.*
She was right there. Standing not twenty feet away from me.
And yet all I could do was watch her from behind this mask, this face that wasn't mine, and imagine that I could h
