Jacob~
"A Lie in the Light Feels Like Darkness Still"
The moment Griffin turned and walked off toward the house, the tension in Natalie's shoulders dropped like a weight she'd been carrying for days. Her fingers curled at her sides, then unclenched. She didn't look at me right away, just stared out at the line of trees beyond the garden like they held answers she couldn't yet face.
"I know that look," I said softly, moving closer to her side. "It's the one you wear when your soul is twisted into a thousand knots."
She let out a breath, half a sigh, half a laugh. "You've always been annoyingly good at reading me."
"It's a sibling thing," I replied with a gentle smile, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "Also, I've been watching you since the dawn of time. Literally."
Natalie finally turned to me, her eyes darker than usual—stormy, almost. "I don't know what to do, Jacob. I feel like I'm walking on glass barefoot and blindfolded."
