Forty Four

DWANE’S POV

I felt calm. More than I have felt in days. Or probably maybe weeks. I felt all the emotions around us simmer down. Her in my arms right now, felt so right, like she was not meant to leave there at all.

These past few days had been really horrible for me. Not been able to talk to her about how she felt. I thought maybe if I had spoken to her, asking her to tell me how she felt, she might have withdrawn entirely from me.

The feeling of her withdrawing away from me wasn't one of the best ones I have had. I hated how much I had to deal with that.

I thought that throwing this feast for her would have actually rectified it and at least made her happy.

She was actually happy, or so I thought, until an annoying creature from my past decided to show up. And knowing Amber for who she was, she might have actually spun up some annoying words to make her angry.

I felt the immediate change in her emotions as soon as Amber walked up to her. Aren had never liked her and had always to