Aaron
Walking away from her feels like tearing my own spine out.
The door closes behind me with a soft click, far too quiet for the violence ripping through my chest. For a moment, I stand frozen in the hallway, staring at nothing, my ears ringing as if someone struck a bell inside my skull. The world narrows to pressure and heat, to the echo of her scent still clinging to my clothes like an accusation.
Then Shay explodes.
- YOU LEFT HER!
The roar slams into my mind, raw and feral, carrying pain sharp enough to make my vision blur. My hands curl into fists at my sides as a low growl crawls up my throat, barely contained. It takes everything I have not to turn back, not to slam my palm against the door and damn the consequences.
“I know,” I grind out under my breath.
- She is ours
