Evaline:
The silence lasted for a while before Kieran's voice reached me.
"How are you feeling now?"
There was something in his tone that made me turn, and the moment my gaze landed on his face, I knew something was wrong. He was trying to hide it... the faint shadow that flickered in his eyes, the tightness of his jaw, the way his hold around my waist lingered as though afraid I would disappear again if he loosened it even slightly.
That emotion… I had felt it before.
Guilt.
It was the same feeling that had made me crawl into his arms earlier, and it hadn't gone away.
For a moment, I stayed still, feeling his warmth seep into me, feeling the way his heartbeat drummed against my back, slow but uneven. Then I turned in his arms, making him look at me.
"Kieran," I murmured softly, placing my hand against his chest. "You are the one who's not alright."
