*Brielle’s POV*

I wait there with baited breath for some kind of response from him. My mind is going a million miles an hour while thinking absolutely nothing at all. My heart has bruised my ribs from the inside. Every breath hurts, tendrils of anxiety stretching across my lungs from the inside as I hope and pray my cousin will see reason.

Why here and now of all times did Leo decide to confront me about this? Did he not realize the importance of what I am trying to do? I am ...