Chapter 23

Freya Rose

He was still a little dazed and shaky, so I guided him further away from Landon and the crowd of worried friends and family that had formed around him. I sat down on the grass facing away from Landon and patted the floor next to me for Tristan to sit. He obeyed and sat down next to me. Tyler and Cassie started to walk over towards us, but I shook my head at them, and they went and sat a bit further away, to give us some space. Tristan laid down and rested his head on my lap, and I ran my fingers softly through his hair.

“I'm sorry,” he whispered so low that I barely heard him.

“You have nothing to be sorry for, Tristan,” I replied as I began to stroke his face.

“I do Freya. I lost it, you must have been so scared, I'm so sorry baby.”

“I wasn't scared, Tristan.”

He sat up in front of me with a confused look on his face, and asked me,

“You weren’t scared seeing me lose it like that?” I shook my head and explained,

“Something w