A Monsters Heart

Vane Silas Adler's Pov

Staring into space, I twirled a pen absentmindedly, my thoughts crashing into each other like storm waves. When she fell to her knees and clutched my legs, I froze. I hadn’t expected her to do that—hadn’t expected her tears to slice through me so ruthlessly.

Watching them fall, one after another, undid me. In that moment, I had this overpowering urge to gather her in my ar