Chapter 45 —It's not life, it's survival
Narrator:
Aylin felt a chill run down her spine. The distant noise from the street, the faint whirring of the fan moving the thick air in the room, even the sound of her own breathing... everything faded away with those two words. Her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. She couldn't have heard right. It couldn't be. She swallowed, feeling her own voice tremble when she spoke.
“What did you say?”
Roman settled into his chair with that deadly calm that e