Cress POV
When I told Ace things I hadn’t told anyone, my chest felt light as a crushing weight was lifted off and things began to shine when he embraced me.
I didn’t know what happened, but when he embraced me I felt a protective warmth I had never sensed in a devilishly long time.
I was jealous. I wanted him to hold me like how he holds his wife, like how he protects her. And not just her but everyone. He protected everyone, he loved everyone despite whatever anyone said, he was like a shelter.
And I wanted that too. I wanted his arms to help me too and they did. They gave me feelings, sensations I had never experienced before.
As if I had found the point my life was searching for.
Waking up slowly, after realizing what I had ended up doing, I looked up abruptly with a gasp, hold
