When a person decides to trust someone entirely—not just with casual details, but with the full weight of who they are—it's one of the most vulnerable choices a human being can make. Trusting someone completely isn't only about sharing secrets; it's about exposing the raw, unfiltered parts of the soul. It's granting another person access to one's weaknesses, to one's fears, to the memories one wishes could be erased.
It is one of the hardest things a person can do: choosing connection over self-preservation.
And Azriel—Azriel decided, for once, to let go of self-preservation.
Because he didn't want to lose someone he loved again.
Because he didn't want to be the reason.
Because he didn't want it to happen again.
Because he didn't want to be alone again.
So Azriel told Jasmine everything.
