The Break

The air between them felt different the moment Tessa collapsed into Ares’ arms after that final, painful confession. The storm that had been raging for months—accusations, distance, shame, fury finally broke. The mansion seemed too quiet for the chaos inside them.

Shadows lingered on the walls like the remnants of all the arguments they had thrown at each other. But none of that mattered now, not with the way Tessa trembled against him, not with the way Ares held her as though ...