Bab 73: Dark Water

The air between Eratz and Lisa felt heavy, filled with emotions neither of them could speak aloud. Their eyes locked, and for a moment, Lisa's heart pounded so hard she thought it might burst. 

This was the moment she had been waiting for, months of guilt, regret, and hope all mixed together into this one chance to make things right.

"Eratz..." she whispered, her voice shaking, barely holding back the tears she had carried for so long.

She took a small step forward, her body trembling with the weight of everything she wanted to say but couldn't find the words for.

For a second, Eratz's gaze softened, and it seemed like he, too, felt the pull of their past. There was a flicker of something familiar, something that reminded them of what they once had.

In that brief moment, it felt like the world around them faded, leaving just the two of them, standing at the edge of everything that had been broken between them.