Dominic
Ravens eyes lingered on the door Nico had stormed out of. He wasn't angry, not at her. There was no argument. He just had his control stretched too thin and he wasn't willing to allow anyone to see that. He never was. Her shoulders were pulled in as if she was warring with thoughts in her mind, worried that she had upset him. In a way she had, but not of her own doing.
"He just needs a minute," I told her before she could apologize for something that wasn't her fault.
She nodded, but her hands were already twisting together. I stayed at the table. I didn't crowd her. I didn't leave. I needed to understand. I needed to hear it from her own words because my mind was running wild with possibilities that I needed her clarification on.
"I want to understand," I said, repeating my
