Denial and Defiance

Kaelen’s POV

I stayed beside the table after Thalia turned and strode toward the exit, my thoughts spinning over her outburst. Seeing that shift in her hit hard, making it tough to accept the guarded woman who had just wrenched her arm free. Where was the gentle, devoted Thalia who used to trust me?

The woman from my memories had been full of warmth, hope, and unshakable faith in us. Now she fel