“This is so much bigger than us, and you need to soften that heart or you’re going to break someone who’s not attuned to being stabbed through the chest by your reluctance to build connections.” My body stills, every cell standing at stark attention. I’ve been told off before, but never like this. This is . . . This chafes. Ringing with a tune of truth that makes my frayed heartstrings coil and squirm. He grips both sides of my face, another flash of lightning filling the room with white light, his eyes volcanic as he says, “This truth is going to hurt, and you’re going to hate me for it. But
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