01-25-2025, 02:45 PM
Sterling nodded. "He tries." Sterling didn't mention all the things he was trying to make up for. Not that she knew any of it, only that he had a lot of guilt. Hayden would know better. "Do you feel safe here? Hayden was asking you too."
She looked over at Hayden who was sitting on the floor with Arabella in his lap. "I feel safe with Nox. I feel safe here. I know Nox won't let anything bad happen to me. Or any of us. He'll die trying, it's who he is."
Liam nodded in agreement "I trust him. He saved us. He didn't have to. He saved Max and the boys too, but they went back in. Is that what you see Ara? Your dad going back into the fire?"
Tears started falling from Arabella's eyes and she turned hurriedly and wrapped herself around Hayden's chest. Hayden wrapped his arms around her and held her tight while she cried.
Hayden mouthed wow. Sterling was pretty sure he didn't know what to do with that. How do you unpack watching your parent walk into a fire.
She looked over at Hayden who was sitting on the floor with Arabella in his lap. "I feel safe with Nox. I feel safe here. I know Nox won't let anything bad happen to me. Or any of us. He'll die trying, it's who he is."
Liam nodded in agreement "I trust him. He saved us. He didn't have to. He saved Max and the boys too, but they went back in. Is that what you see Ara? Your dad going back into the fire?"
Tears started falling from Arabella's eyes and she turned hurriedly and wrapped herself around Hayden's chest. Hayden wrapped his arms around her and held her tight while she cried.
Hayden mouthed wow. Sterling was pretty sure he didn't know what to do with that. How do you unpack watching your parent walk into a fire.