[Zane’s POV]
Irene had been crying all by herself ever since we came to the Elinor mountains. I wanted to be with her, but I had to give her space.
But seeing her break like that, I felt a strange heaviness in my chest.
Earlier, I didn’t know why I grabbed her like that, don’t know why I got so anxious. The impulse to grab her and just keep her close to me came from deep within me.
I didn’t want to hurt her. But I did.
My blood boiled in my veins when I heard the asxhole say those filthy things to Irene. I should have cared about her feelings before mine. But… I didn’t. When he said he would take Irene away from me, I turned blind to the wrath and fear that built inside me.
Ever since I started feeling things, this was the first time I felt so many things that it came like a tsun
