Abram~

I exhaled the smoke in a slow, deliberate breath, watching as it curled and dissipated into the dimly lit room. If only my thoughts could vanish as easily.

But they didn't.

They wrapped around me, thick and suffocating, just like she did. Meera.

I hated her. She had been an unwanted presence in my life, a burden I never asked for, a mistake I should have corrected long ago. But now? Now, she was something else entirely.

She was an obsession. A sickness that spread through my veins like poison, intoxicating and maddening all at once.

I used to think I was free, that I was above letting someone...