Chapter Seventy Two

TESSA

When I descended, my head was pounding with pain, and my heart seemed heavier than ever, crushed under the tangle of emotion that seemed impossible to shatter.

Hector saw me at once. His warm, brown eyes met mine.

"Miss Vance–" he began, his voice soft.

"I said call me Tessa," I cut him off, looking him straight in the eye. My voice was sharp, not as soft as I meant it to be, and I was ex