Nyx's Pov

I had been waiting for him.

All day, I had sat in my room, the silence pressing down on me. His voice at my door earlier had lingered, each word echoing in my head. He had said I meant a lot to him. He had said everything he did, he did because he cared.

I wanted to believe him. Gods, I wanted to. But the ache inside me was too deep. My thoughts were too tangled. He didn't say the one thing I needed to hear.

When I asked him that question, all I wanted was for him to tell me that he would love me. That he...