“Tell me, Xavier!” I pressed, my heart tearing with every moment of silence.

“I can’t tell you who they are, damn it!” He yelled, while muttering a string of curses under his breath.

His hands slipped into his hair.

His hands trembling and his eyes clouded with an emotion I could barely describe.

“Why?” I whispered, completely devastated.

He looked up to me, his eyes glistened with tears as he crossed the distance between us.

His hands moved to face, cradling it in his ...