Axel's POV
The apartment was quiet, except for the ticking of the clock on the wall. The silence was heavy, pressing down on my chest like a weight I couldn’t shake off. I sat at the head of the long leather couch, staring at the low table cluttered with empty beer bottles and crumpled fast food wrappers. My head throbbed with anger and frustration.
We should be celebrating the win. The fact we survived that cursed Dark Blue Moon. But instead, all I could think about was her.
Rina.
I rubbed my temples, trying to clear the image of her standing there on the mountain, her scream ripping through the air like something out of a nightmare.
"Axel, you gonna say something, or are you just gonna sit there brooding all night?" Ryder’s voice cut through the tension. He stood near the window, a
