Delilah's Pov

Everything felt heavier today. Maybe it was the sun. Maybe it was my heart. Or maybe it was the way my thoughts kept drifting back to places I did not want to remember.

Reyna, Alyssa and I sat in the garden earlier. We laughed. We talked. We pretended the world was not falling apart in small ways every day. Reyna kept leaning into Cory, and Cory kept brushing her hair behind her ear. Lovers everywhere. I could not even complain. They should be married by now. They act like they already are.

When Cory left with Reyna, Alyssa stayed behind. She looked at me with those bright eyes...