His gaze moved straight to me, and my heart stilled as I took in the dark rings around his deep brown irises which seemed to stand out so clearly despite the expanse of space between us. My grip on Darcy’s hand tightened as my ears began to ring and a well of pain opened up inside me. I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think, and absolutely couldn’t tear my eyes away from the sight of him standing there looking so broken.
