Chapter 132. So That's Why I Feel Like This?

Tristan

When we got to where I parked the car, I went towards Athena's door and opened it for her. 

She stepped in, her eyes catching mine for a moment, and I closed the door before heading to my side.

The smell of smoke from the fire lingered on our clothes, a reminder of what we’d just done.

The moment I got in, I noticed she staring at me in a way that wasn't new. I'd seen that look before, the one that made heat pool in my stomach.

I moved towards her and placed a kiss on her forehead. I was grateful for the fact that we'd closed that version of our lives and could start new. 

A version where she wouldn't be scared of Daxon ever again.

As we burnt their bodies, I couldn't help but think about how Jess had lost her life together with our child in her womb. Her murderers were dead and Athena had killed them, which almost made me lose her too.

That thought twisted in my gut every time it came up. I'd come so