Chapter 12

Athena's POV

For the first time in months, I sleep without nightmares.

Tristan holds me through the night, just like he used to when we were younger. Back when he was still just Orion's best friend, the older boy who treated me like the little sister he never had.

Back when everything was simple and safe, before my world turned upside down twice over – first when our parents died, then when I made the mistake of thinking he could love me the way I loved ...