~Evric's POV~
Then, with a strangled cry, he shoved past me, yanked the bathroom door open, and stormed out without looking back.
I collapsed onto the wet, cold tiles of the floor, the sound of the shower and my own hysterical sobs the only things left in the room.
I didn't stay down for long. The panic of his escape was a cold whip. I scrambled to my feet, shaking, and forced myself to finish showering, scrubbing every inch of my body as if I could wash away the confession, the act, and the name. But the tears wouldn't stop, mixing with the water and running down my chest.
I pulled on a clean pair of pajamas, moving quietly, deliberately. I knew what I had to do. This wasn't about saving myself; it was about giving him the facts he deserved, even if he threw them back in my face.
I sat on the edge of the mattress, close to his stiff back.
