Chapter Sixty One

TESSA

After that conversation—or, more accurately, non-conversation— I had with Vaughn, sleep didn’t come easy. He had shut me down completely, every freaking time. For some reason, he wouldn’t let me in. I could feel the walls he’d built around himself, sturdy and impenetrable. I was trying so hard to respect his boundaries, to honor whatever distance he needed, but it stung. I couldn’t help but