Easter~
"Please… beg him. Don't let him trap me here. I swear—I'm sorry."
When I looked down at Ruben, it hit me.
He wasn't a monster anymore.
He was nothing.
Dust in the wind—blown away from a life I had finally walked out of.
Everything that had ever shackled me to this man—every insult, every cold shoulder, every twisted manipulation disguised as love, every beating—had dissolved. I couldn't feel the weight of his voice anymore. It no longer burrowed under my skin.
I was free.
And freedom… was quiet.
There was no storm in my chest. No fear rising like bile in my throat. Just peace. Strange, still, golden peace.
I slowly lifted my gaze from the man who once owned my every breath, my every step. And when I met Jacob's eyes, I felt something stir again inside me—It felt deeper, warmer.
God, those eyes.
His brown eyes held galaxies. Fire. Wisdom older than time itself. But when they settled on me, all I saw was gentleness. A question flickered in them, unspoken.
