wounded Heart
“Tonight, you let yourself break. Tomorrow, we face your mother’s funeral together. The day after that… we’ll figure it out.”
My hands found their way to his chest, feeling his heartbeat strong and steady under my palms.
“What if I’m too broken?”
“Impossible.” His lips brushed my temple, so gentle it made my heart ache. “You’re the strongest person I know.”
The dam broke. All the grief, fear, and exhaustion of the past days crashed over me at once. I crumpled against him, and his arms wrapped around me, holding me together as I fell apart.
“I keep seeing it,” I whispered against his chest. “The way James looked at you when he pulled that trigger. His own brother. How can someone hate that mu
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