Eve
I swallowed, my hoarse throat working painfully. Had I cried that hard? A mental breakdown?
"I don't know what you are talking about, Hades," I muttered.
My stomach flipped when he replied with a frustrated growl. Then silence.
I held my breath as I waited for him to speak in the darkness again.
"I just want to help, Red." The softness of his voice caught me unawares. "Just tell me. I can't stand not knowing what could have sent you into such a spiral."
I was stunned into silence by his words. The quiet was wrought with tension so tangible that I could feel its uneasy buzz along my skin. I braced myself.
"Hades..."
"No lies, Red," he warned, but his voice was void of its usual harshness. "I want the truth."
Another silence held us captive in the darkness as I battled with two choices: to continue to lie or tell the truth, the doctored one.
