Thea
My heart is aching at the way Azura treated Blake and the look on his face before he left.
I know she was lashing out in the heat of the moment, but that was unnecessarily cool, and I could tell that Blake was deeply affected. No doubt he was also confused, just like I am now as I sit holding Azura, rocking her back and forth and petting her hair.
I'm completely unaware. I've been quietly shushing her until I suddenly stopped, and the silence of the room overwhelms me. She is not shaking anymore, and her breathing has returned to a more normal cadence.
I decide to see if she's ready to talk about what happened. “You were sleeping so peacefully. Do you want to talk about what woke you up?”
She doesn't say anything, but gives a very slight, tiny nod of her head. When she speaks, he
