Chapter 89 Addictive (18+)

KAELEN-PRIMUS

It used to disgust me—this closeness. The thought of holding someone like this, of allowing another body next to mine.

After everything that happened to Honora, after what Astraea-Order did, how could I ever think of letting anyone in again? I kept thinking I didn't deserve it. That if I got to feel warmth again, it would make me forget what happened. And I never wanted to forget.