It took everything in me to hold on for just a little longer, my fingers barely keeping their grip before I finally let go. I gasped for air, my chest rising and falling in rhythm with the shallow breaths. I didn't know if anyone heard my quiet release, but it was all I could manage before we had to leave the post.
"Has Dominic figured out why I'm avoiding him yet?" I asked quietly, the words tasting bitter in my mouth.
"No," Joan replied softly, her voice barely above a whisper. "He thinks it’s all because you left Stone Mountain without saying goodbye."
I let out a frustrated sigh. "How can he be so blind?" The ache in my chest only grew heavier.
Joan didn't respond immediately. Instead, we were interrupted by the sound of Hammer’s voice, his tone tinged with an uncertain curiosi
