Sienna’s POV
Sienna’s POV
Whenever I felt the full weight of their hostility, he had made me feel safe. He had stood between me and the world even when he believed my suffering was his fault. He had taken responsibility when my family wanted nothing to do with me, and he had worked until his hands were rough to give me whatever comfort he could afford. He had never promised me an easy life. He had simply refused to abandon me.
“Why would you do this now?” I asked through my tears. “Why didn’t you trust me enough to tell me?”
Because you would have stopped him, Nyla replied.
“I would have tried.”
You would have chained him to the bed if necessary.
“If that was what it took.”
Exactly.
Her answer did nothing to calm me.
Kael must have known I would never willingly let him go. He
