“What’s going on?” Pax looks at me, his gaze critical and unsteady, tugging at the very thread of our friendship. I know I need to tell him the truth—be honest with him finally and tell him I’ve fallen in love with his sister—and if this was anyone else, I’d stop and try to ensure this final thread doesn’t break since he’s the closest thing I’ve known to family in the past decade, but I can’t because my heart is already out of my body and speeding out of sight.
