C42 I need you

ZADOK

Ithra stayed glued to me in a tight embrace. I tapped her back as she held tightly to me.

“It’s okay,” I managed to say, “It’s over.”

We remained like that for a while, and slowly, her breathing normalised. I fought against asking her why she left without a word, but I knew it wasn’t the right time.

Shilhi’s words strongly reverberated inside me