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CHAPTER 86
~Valerie's POV~
I didn't say a word as Axel led me away. The hallway stretched behind us, filled with silence I didn't try to fill.
My thoughts wouldn't let me.
Ashton, Kai and that stupid fight.
What was I supposed to do? Rejecting them hadn't worked. Avoiding them had only made things worse. And now, they were at each other's throats like I was some prize to be fought over.
Solstice's voice echoed in my head, "Maybe give them a chance, Vi."
Even Astra had softened lately. "You can't keep pushing them away forever. You'll break before they do." she had once said. "Give them a hance, get to know them all."
But how? How the fuck was I suppose to do that?
I sighed, dragging my fingers through my hair as I tried to shove away the overwhelming thoughts only to blink when Axel's voice pulled me back to the present.
"We're here."
I stopped walking and spoke absentmindedly. "Where?"
"Our house," he said simply.
I froze.