C80 Mind was Far

The house had gone still long ago.

Riku stood on the second-floor balcony, the lights behind him dimmed so that only the moon touched his face.

The city stretched out in the distance, quiet and endless.

But his mind was far from quiet.

He’d seen that look in Arun’s eyes again—the mixture of fear, anger, and something unspoken.

It haunted him worse than any wound