Aria’s POVAdrian’s words kept ringing in my head long after he had walked away.If I find Leo, he is not coming back to this.At first I had been too stunned to even react properly. Then the sting of it had come in hot and fast, followed by something worse..Fear.Because a part of me had understood what he meant.That was the sickening part.He had looked at me like I was part of the problem. Like my life, my choices, my home, my grief, all of it had become some dangerous environment Leo needed protection from.It had hurt in a way I did not want to name too quickly, because naming it would make it harder to hold onto the rage. And right now, rage was useful. Rage was solid. Rage was the only thing keeping me from folding in on myself completely.Julian was still there, injured and furious and trying not to show how badly he was hanging on.He looked at me like he wanted to say a dozen things and did not trust any of them to help.“Aria,” he said carefully, “do not let him get in yo
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