ADINNA
I told myself to shake it off. I told myself I wouldn’t care, but the more I stood there between Dean and JAce, zoning out on the conversation as they bickered over me, the more overwhelming it felt.
Dean, the kiss, Jace. And Hunter.
It was starting to get too much, and I was falling apart.
My heart hammered against my chest, tightening in a way that made me draw in a quick, sharp breath. It felt like someone had curled their fists around my heart and was squeezing it mercilessly. My lungs stuttered, a tremor moving through me as I struggled to breathe.
Not again.
Not this.
I pressed a hand against my sternum, trying my best to hold it together, but I could feel my will crumbling under the pressure.
Distantly, I could register Dean and Jace fall silent, and almost immediatel
