ARIA’S POV

I feared for what his words would mean if he insisted on silence.

“Dtaven, talk to me, please.”

It had been over ten minutes and I was still pleading for him to speak and he had said nothing.

“Whatever it is, I promise you we will get through together. We’ve come too far not to…”

“He’s dead because of me,” Draven interrupted.

I froze for a minute.

I knew I wasn’t going to like where this was headed, but death for an opening statement was a little too much. The weight of it had me needing a seat, but I held on.

Now that he was finally speaking,...