Leila’s POV:
Sensing Rosa’s worry about what would happen if Ash lost it I tried to reach him before that happened, hoping that if I could get him to look at me he’d feel better, more grounded in the way each other’s presence seemed to be able to do.
Until Amber’s words. The thoughts she’d put in my head had cleaved my heart clean in two as the reminders it evoked came pouring out almost faster than I could control them since the pain or opened inside me felt so crippling I’d almost staggered under its weight and would have fallen if not for Ash’s arms around me. But like all the other times the pain got too much, his simple touch, his presence grounded me. In the same way, I hope I can ground his anger before it rips through us.
Beloved? I try to reach his thoughts next but the ange
