Cassian POV

Sleep was a foreign concept, a luxury I couldn't afford. My mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, all of them centered on Amara. The way she had looked at me in the courtroom, the silent plea in her eyes, the pain that mirrored my own. I had wanted to protect her, to keep her and Eli safe, but in my haste, I had only pushed her further away. My relationship with her was a fractured thing, and I didn't know how to fix it. I didn't know how to act, how to be the man she needed, the man ...