“She didn’t say a word. Just stood there. And still—it felt like everything I’ve ever been afraid to feel. And when she walked away, it was the quietest heartbreak I’ve ever known. I felt her leave like a punch to the ribs I didn’t block in time.” Summary: Jace feels her presence—knows Ivy is there, just around the corner, watching him fall apart. But she doesn’t speak. Doesn’t come. And when she finally turns and walks away, the silence she leaves behind is deafening. For the first time, he’s the one being left, and it forces him to face something brutal: maybe this time, she’s the one who won’t come back.