Chapter 170. I Can't Do This Right Now

Tristan

My voice dropped lower.

"So don't tell me about what love makes us do like I don't understand it, like I haven't thought about it every second since I woke up."

"Tristan..." Athena said, and her voice broke on my name in a way that made my chest ache.

I shook my head sharply. "I can't do this right now, I can't stand here and argue about something that's already done, something we can't change no matter how much I wish we could."

I moved toward the stairs, needing space, needing air, needing anything but this room full of people staring at me.

Orion stepped into my path and I almost ran into him.

"Don't walk away from her," he said quietly, his voice carrying a warning. "Don't let your anger make you do something