I took a small step back without thinking. “Scarlett.” I felt Asher’s agony more than I heard it. It traveled through my entire body and reverberated in my bones, making them ache worse than any flare-up. I hated that I was the cause of it when he’d been hurt enough that night, and I hated that I couldn’t comfort him even more. We all have ugly feelings sometimes. It’s a part of human nature. But it’s what we do with them that counts. I was drowning in those ugly feelings, and I needed to get out of here before I said or did something I regretted.
