Everything feels wrong. The chat. Luce and Simon. All of it. And now Damian knows all these issues stem from them. But where does the pain and agony end?

“That’s how everything starts,” he murmurs. “It’s never a full blown fire at first. There’s only sparks then it spreads in the blink of an eye with the right circumstances.

I lean into him, my head resting against his shoulder. He lets me, not bothering to move me at all. It seems like he needs me just as much as I need him.

“I ...