Leah
I couldn’t sleep.
Darien’s voice was still in my ears. The steadiness of it, the way he’d kept his tone even while telling me a pack had been burned. The way he’d said “bad” like it was a door he was holding shut with both hands and everything behind it was pressing to get through. He’d given me enough to understand what happened but not enough to see it. I knew that trick.
He was protecting me. And I was letting him because I didn’t have the energy to fight it tonight.
I rolled onto my side. The bedroom was dark except for the glow of my phone on the nightstand. He texted me right before bed.
Remember, we have a date. I’ll see you in my dreams.
I pressed my fingers against the bond in my chest. He was far away but I could still feel him. The warmth was muted by distance, stretc
