MALLERY'S POV
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Jace walks beside me all the way home, our hands brushing against one another. I move away from him, but he's like a bug following the light. He wanders closer each time, and I feel smothered by him. I could feel the heaviness weighing on his heart, and I could see it in his eyes too, and I want to console him, I want to comfort him because the guilt is eating me up. The memories replay in my head, and they're like visions popping up, taunting and haunting me while my heart is shattering. I keep on telling myself that he didn't cheat on me, but it feels like he did. It didn't come with the physical pain of feeling it, but the mental one of watching it all happen was torturous. I felt like giving up so many times, it felt like I wanted to claw my own eyes out, but I could
