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What I Protect Is Mine

作者: Katie Haddad
last update 公開日: 2026-04-07 21:34:19

Rowan POV

She told me it was a mistake.

I was about to prove her wrong—

When the world outside reminded me exactly what was at stake.

“That can never happen again.”

The words hit harder than anything she’s thrown at me so far.

Not because I believe them.

But because she does.

Nyxara doesn’t look at me when she says it. She wraps the sheet tighter around herself like it’s armor, like it can shield her from what just happened between us.

From what still exists between us.

From me.

I sit there for
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