Chapter 15
July 2018
We’d been idling for a long time in Devon’s parking lot while I managed to finish telling him about what had led me to my first supernatural experience. From the point at which I relayed Simon’s confrontation with the Dolans, Devon had pulled my hand into his and held it firmly. At each difficult point in my story, he’d stroked my hand with the pad of his thumb, gently reminding me that I was no longer alone.
He couldn’t see the battle being fought internally within my body. My self-defense hardwiring sent signals to Pull away! Don’t let him in! while a deeper ache for connection whispered soothing words…That’s it, Gabriel. Devon can help you. Life doesn’t have to be a solo mission.
“What happened after that?” he asked softly.
“Because I’d been hospitalized in the
