Avery watched the moon and the starry sky from the window of her bedroom. The same stars she watched with her brother as kids. Her body called for rest, yet the sleep didn’t come. Her emotions swirled inside as the images from her past played in front of her eyes. Avery’s heart called for relief, reducing the pain restricting her from taking a deep breath of her painfully earned freedom, but tears had dried a long time ago.
Liam stood under her window. He knew precisely where her room was, which window belonged to her bedroom. He felt the uneasiness which kept her from sleeping, but there were no words which could extinguish the sadness and suffering. Liam fought with himself. Fenris asked him several times to break the door and just go to her. He begged Liam to go upstairs and just held
