Chapter 96 Safe Haven

Malachi couldn’t force a single syllable past his teeth. The absolute truth of her statement anchored him to the dirt, stripping away any defense he might have offered. He stood there paralyzed, letting the heavy, suffocating silence stretch out between them.

Vanya turned her back on him first.

"We need to get them inside," she instructed. Her voice had clipped back into something entirely prag