RiverThere were many things I could tolerate in this world. Hypocrisy, academic politics. Hell, even my own quiet loneliness. But harming Sage, even whisper about hurting him, and the man I keep carefully buried under my calm tone and glasses comes to the surface with claws.“I said let it go,” Sage repeated gently, curled on the sofa like a tired cat, Kaiden hovering close. “I’m fine.”“No, you’re not.” I was still standing, arms crossed, my voice so low it felt like a distant rumble in the room. “He cornered you. You left because you didn’t feel safe, and that bastard thought he could get away with it.”“I am safe now,” he said, and though he was trying to soothe us, his voice wavered. “You two being like this is making me feel more—” he hesitated, “—trapped.”Kaiden was seated beside him, his hand covering Sage’s. “We’re not trying to trap you,” he said, softer now. “I just don’t want you going through something like that again. Screw the class, Sage. You can fail it, we’ll figur
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