Phoenix||
My legs slowly managed to take me back to my room and I sat on the bed, letting the words I heard replay in my head for the millionth time.
Violent sweat filled my skin and my heart felt heavier than it had ever become in my whole life. I didn't want to admit it, but —it hurt.
I was hurt.
It didn't even matter what it was I wanted or what I was thinking but the fact that I started believing in this magic. I started hoping somewhere at the back of my mind that maybe there was something...
Yet all my hopes ended up in a cut that couldn't close.
My hands squeezed on the bedsheet, forcing the tears to stay back as I struggled with my inner mind.
It was at this point that the door opened and Ares stepped in.
Instantly, I swallowed the pain in my throat and pushed off the bed,
