Jacob~
I just stood there, frozen, staring back at Natalie as her gaze burned into me. She looked so small in the darkness, with her tangled hair catching bits of moonlight, but her eyes—those eyes—were blazing with a fury so raw it made my chest ache. Behind that anger, though, I saw it: heartbreak. Deep and jagged.
My words hovered between us like a curse I couldn't take back. I'd told her about wiping Easter's memories. Now it felt like the world was holding its breath, waiting for her reaction to shatter everything.
"You did what?" Her voice echoed in the quiet around us, ringing out into the empty night. She took a step toward me, her fists clenched so hard I thought she might draw blood. Under the silvery glow of the moon, her knuckles gleamed like polished bone.
