A Little Bit of Hope

POV: Zander

The crushing weight of grief was a physical pressure, suffocating me, entirely consuming me in a heavy, inescapable guilt. I couldn’t erase the look of sheer, paralyzing terror in Kinsley's eyes from my mind. Every time I closed my eyes, I was dragged right back to her bedroom, watching her scramble backward against the wall, weeping, begging me not to hurt her. I had treated her so c