Sky ran.

She didn’t just walk away or storm off.

She ran like her heart was exploding in her chest, like she needed to put as much space between her and Xavier as physically possible before she broke into a thousand fucking pieces.

Her heels pounded across the marble as she wiped her tears with the back of her hands as her fingers fisting the delicate fabric so she wouldn’t trip.

Xavier stood frozen for a single heartbeat.

Then everything inside him shattered.

“Sky!” His voice tore out of his throat raw, desperate, not a shout but a cry sound too sharp to be processed as language. His lungs burned....