A Truce, Not War

Kelly 

The room was silent with the weight of everything that had happened. Davis’s body was taken by the ambulance. Clara stood across from me, her face still.  

She had dropped the gun. And yet, she still looked at me like she didn’t understand. Like she couldn’t comprehend why I had stopped Lucian and Adrian from taking her away.  

“…Why?”  

Her voice was hoarse, barely audible.  

I held her gaze, my hands still trembling at my sides.  

“Because I know what it’s like to someone you love.”  

Clara inhaled sharply.  

I saw it in her eyes, the understanding that finally clicked into place.  For so long,...