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Alec’s POV

The girl changed a hundred and eighty degrees since the night I made that deal with her and she wasn’t able to fulfill it.

My plan back fired into a total disaster. And I didn’t even understand why or how things went more wrong than before with her.

Something happened that night, something that triggered so much pain inside her, and instead of falling apart she chose something a lot more dangerous to do to avoid dealing with what happened in a healthier manner.

She became numb. Completely numb and indifferent.

She chose not to feel anything at all instead of letting all her struggles and emotions burst out into the open.

She stopped talking to me altogether. No matter what I say or ask, she wouldn’t say a damn word.

I never thought I’d miss her rude, smart mouth, and hurtful words but I’d take them over this silence every time because this is driving me more crazy than her previous childish banter and cryptic words.

I tried provoking her into opening her mouth and th