Anabel.
I had received a tip that Noah was around.
The moment the words reached my ears, whispered through the hallway, passed between two guards who didn't even know I was listening, my heart leaped like a startled deer. Noah, he finally came around here, after all these years. I had thought he would decline the invitation.
I couldn't contain the bubble of excitement swelling inside me. It felt as if every nerve in my body came alive at once, tingling from my fingertips to my toes. Without thinking twice, I spun on my heel and hurried down the corridor, nearly stumbling in my haste. The walls felt narrower, the lanterns brighter, every step echoing my pulse.
I needed to confirm it was him, needed to see his name, room number, anything, before my imagination pushed me into fantasies that would crash like fragile glass.
