Bring Him to His Knees
Almost.
Del steps up beside me, a hand briefly at my back, grounding. Kieran falls in on my other side, close enough that his presence alone says something to anyone watching, though I don’t have the space right now to think about what.
The mill door opens.
I have imagined this moment more times than I will ever admit to anyone, even Del. I have pictured his face a hundred different ways, older, harder, softer, indifferent, ashamed, and none of the versions I built in my head over two years of quiet, private rehearsal prepared me for the actual weight of watching him step through that doorway and go completely still.