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Chapter 21 : Pieces on the Board

Author: Cynthia
last update publish date: 2026-04-17 15:45:00

The room was quiet again.

But not the same quiet.

Before, it had been empty.

Now—

It was full.

Full of words that hadn’t settled.

Full of truths that refused to stay still.

Emma lay back against the hospital bed, her eyes open, fixed on the ceiling. The steady beeping of the monitor filled the space, rhythmic, mechanical.

Alive.

That word felt distant.

Unimportan
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