•| KAIDEN
I sat beside Sapphire on the bed, watching her chest rise and fall evenly. The healer had said she suffered a panic attack. It was most likely triggered by her traumatic past, and I couldn’t stop myself from worrying about her.
I wondered how much she must have endured to have broken down in public like this. The Sapphire she showed the world was a strong, capable, and intelligent woman. And it hurt me to see this real side of her that she’d kept hidden from the world because I feel I should have watched her closely. Should have protected her more.
When she went limp in my arms, for the first time, I felt like the world tilted. I’d never been worried about someone the way I was worried about her. And I realized that aside from this deal between us, Sapphire had a significant p
