Chapter 30. Protective

Ainsley

Flashbacks to my first week at NGU rapidly fire through my brain, my body pinned in the exact same way it had been when Liam had tried to scare me into going back to Redmoon.

How ironic that this time, it’s for the complete opposite.

“I’m not letting you cross that border,” he pants hard over me. “It’s a suicide mission. You’ll never survive.”

I don’t want to! is exactly what I want to scream at him, knowing how devastating it will be for both of us if I admit it out loud. What will happen if I let my dark, turmoil-filled emotions finally come spilling out like they’ve been threatening to do for days since Cambria’s visit?

A part of me regrets ever letting Liam open that door, shattering my world the moment that pamphlet hit my hand and turned everything on its head. What would my life have been like to live in complete, ignorant bliss?

It’s a silly thing to wish for, especially since not knowing won’t change th