Tethered

SERAFINA

That broke me in a way I didn’t expect. I had seen Dario angry, proud, cold, protective, even ruthless, but never like this. Never so raw, so stripped down that he couldn’t even hide behind his walls anymore. His voice was trembling, his chest heaving with every word like it hurt.

I cupped his face, pulling his hands down so he couldn’t hide from me, forcing him to look at me even through