Chapter 29
~ Nathaniel ~
I'd never been good with emotions.
That was Navine's territory—the brooding, the intensity, the drowning in feelings so deep they pulled you under. I'd always preferred staying on the surface. Light. Easy. Keep things fun and uncomplicated, don't get attached, don't let anyone get too close.
It was safer that way. Cleaner.
But watching Hailey cry — the kind of crying that came from somewhere deep and broken had done something to me I hadn't anticipated. Something I wasn't entirely comfortable with.
She'd been standing there clutching that water bottle like it was a lifeline, tears streaming down her face, her whole body shaking with the force of her grief. And I'd felt something shift in my chest. Something that had nothing to do with the game I'd been playin
