Chapter 15

The emotional weight of everything I've shared with Tristan settles over me like a heavy blanket.

My body feels drained, hollowed out from finally speaking the words I've kept locked inside for so long. But there's also a strange sense of relief, like a poison that's finally been drawn from a wound.

Tristan continues to hold me as I let the tears flow, just this one last time. His hand stroking my hair in that gentle, rhythmic way that always calmed me when we were ...