Ava's POV

We set out the next few minutes, and I was a little bit panicky about how this was supposed to go. I knew that my mother had a way of making sure everything went accordingly, but I couldn't help but panic that something was going to go wrong, and I wouldn't have the slightest idea of how to stop it.

Ethan walked closer to me and affectionately rubbed my shoulders. "You look like I'm about to go kill you over some cliff or something." He smiled, and for the first time, I felt like he ...