Chapter 37 His Dark Thoughts

• Ghost’s POV
• I slept far too long, my body giving in to the exhaustion and pain. Probably because I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck and left to rot. Back home, I’d have my routine for times like this—ice baths, proper care, things that ease the pain and speed up recovery. Here? There’s nothing. No relief. Just this room.
• I hadn’t planned to leave Prince alone for so long, but I did. And now, as I watch him, he looks like he’s fighting the weight of the entire world. It’s written all over his face. Every battle he’s having with himself, every inner conflict—I caused this. All of it. Sure, this wasn’t the original plan—not to this extent anyway—but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s on me. I told them to take us. I planned it. And now, here we are.