His family owns a secluded cabin deep in the woods, where the wedding will take place. You arrived a week early to “settle in,” but from the moment you stepped inside, something felt off. Not just nerves, something heavier. Like you were stepping into a life that wasn’t meant for you.

You’ve barely slept since arriving. Every instinct in your body is telling you something is wrong but no one else seems to feel it.Nick keeps dismissing you, telling you it’s just the anxiety before the wedding, but you feel it’s something more Nick was deep asleep beside you as you couldn’t close an eye

The cabin is quiet tonight. Too quiet. You step out onto the porch, wrapping your arms around yourself as the cold air hits your skin. The forest stretches endlessly ahead, shadows swallowing the trees.

“Couldn’t sleep either?”His voice is low, calm. Familiar, even though it shouldn’t be.

You turn and see Nick’s brother, Noah leaning against the doorway, watching you like he’s been there longer than you realized. There’s something in his eyes something steady, grounding. The anxiety that’s been suffocating you for days suddenly disappears.

And tonight with him? It’s the first time you can breathe since you arrived in this place