Kessal’s POV:
Hell. That's what I see the second I manage to clear the property line with Braeden hot on my heels. Hell on earth, or as close to my earth as possible. Because inside those ruined walls my whole world was sat crying like hers had imploded and I guess given what happened when I lost my parents and pack I knew how she felt. The one hurt I swore to myself I’d try to keep her from since that type of heartbreak broke someone in a way they never recovered from. One that made them into a new version of themselves that can never be reversed fully.
I’d never wanted that for her, knowing how much she’d gone through already. I wanted to keep her as close as possible and avoid her seeing whatever had happened. But since the Council had said we had to be apart for a little while I hadn
