LOGINI passed my hand over my face and leaned back against the cushions as Amy went on to talk about each exercise. It all felt silly and useless, although I wouldn’t say that out loud. Not to her face, at least.But the truth was, I didn’t think any of this would work. Not when there was still a looming
Ellie’s POVI turned slowly to look at Dominic.“You hired a couples therapist?” I blurted out. “Since when?”“Since this morning, when it had been all night and you didn’t come home,” Dominic replied easily. “I figured it might be beneficial for us to talk to someone. A person who’s unbiased and tr
“You mentioned trauma before,” he said once they were gone. “And I’ve been thinking about that, too. I think whatever happened to you, whatever it is you won’t talk about, it’s affecting the way you see me. The way you see everything.”He wasn’t wrong. But he also wasn’t right, either. It was more c
Ellie’s POVI took the coffee from him, wrapping both hands around the warm cup, and followed him out of the library. The campus was already bustling as students went to their morning classes, many of them holding cups just like these ones.We walked in silence for a while, sipping our coffee. Domin
“But I’m hurt.”Sarah’s expression had hardened. Her jaw was set, and her eyes were shiny with unshed tears.“I’m really, really hurt that you didn’t tell me sooner,” she said.I opened my mouth, but she kept going.“I thought I was a better friend to you than that,” she said. Her voice cracked a li
Ellie’s POVHuffing through her nose, Sarah dragged one of the nearby chairs over and sat down in front of me. She folded her hands in her lap and waited with a quirked brow.I took a breath and started talking.In as much detail as I could, I told her everything.I started, of course, with how I ha
She was weak, tired, but had enough left to roll her eyes. “Why do you always ask me that like I planned it?”“I don’t.” I dismissed, standing. “It’s just—I’m taking you back, now. Just hold on to my fur and—”“No.”The word is flat. Immediate.I flashed a look her way. “No?”She braces her hands ag
Every breath he takes rocks me gently, steadily.I want to sleep, my body begging. But it’s…to quiet.And I can’t stand it.Because if I stay quiet any longer, I start thinking.About him.About me on him—My fingers curl lightly into his shirt.Nope. “Why did you come after me?” I ask, desperate f
Ellie POV I hear him above, twig snapping, legs breaking. Sounds like a storm with no rainWith a soft thud of dirt, the scrape of claws against stone, his massive shape drops back into the pit, a bundle of snapped logs and branches clenched in his jaws.He shakes, scattering leaves and soil every
Ellie POV The mountain watches us long before we reach it.By the time we gather at the clearing at its base, the air has turned sharp enough to sting when I inhale too deeply. Cold clings low to the ground, seeping up through the soles of my boots, settling into my calves.Even in daylight, jacket







