had come back in the night, but inside, the world was still, h

y spread out between them like a bridge. Today's poem was about shadows

a finger alon

aves the room, the s

"The part where the light's gone but you s

ady, and said, "Maybe that's the point. The e

hed for the same book. Elara's heart caught -

raw and jagged like the edges of something too new t

gments, whol

h hitched. Sh

- light but sharp - cu

and Lia

tares she hadn't noticed before. Liam caught her eye

ghing softly. "We

felt brittle,

ed before sitting down beside Liam. The ai

thing up?" Liam

. "It's just... people notic

ers, steady and sure. "Me neither. Bu

slid over - the fragile poem fragme

r heart a litt

the lines, somethin