Chapter 138: Being Human

Kayleigh

“Kayleigh, I’m sorry. I know what I did wasn’t ideal, but we’re here now. Will you please stop being mad?” Andrei breaks me out of my trance and literally stops me from a self-induced panic attack.

“Okay,” I say, softening my tone.

“But you’re still mad.”

“Andrei, truly, I’m not mad. Okay? But I can’t talk about this right now. It still hurts too much, and frankly, it still… gives me anxiety.” I swallow the lump in my throat that formed from subduing my tears.

“Well, when do you want to talk about it? Because I’m tired of walking on eggshells. We’ve been skirting around this conversation for several days. Why am I being punished for my heroic actions? Pray do tell.”

“Oh, Goddess. Heroic actions? Really?” I roll my eyes, almost blurting in a laugh. He’s not the only one who calls what he did, “heroic.” In retrospect, I guess, you can call it that. I just really have a hard time accepting his gruesome solution to