Chapter 118

Kaelen's POV

Kaelen held Talia against his chest, feeling her tears soak through his shirt. Her whole body was shaking with sobs, weeks of stress and fear and loneliness finally breaking through the surface all at once.

“I don’t hate you,” Kaelen said quietly, his hand coming up to stroke her hair. “Talia, I don’t hate you.”

She didn’t respond, just kept crying into his chest like she hadn’t heard