Grayson Pov
“Are you ready?” I lifted my head up, my thoughts swirling through my head. There was so much left unspoken last night, and it was all still stuck in my mind, whirring around and around like a fan. “We don’t have to do this...if you’re not ready.” Zain said. I looked at him, staring at him. His voice always seemed to calm me down, and pull me out of the darkness, guiding me, showing me the way.
I shook my head no, straightening my shoulders and holding my head up high. “I need to do this, Zain. I need to know.” I said, leaving no questions or doubt in my voice. I learned earlier that I’m probably the only one who doesn’t know anything, and it was starting to wear on me. There was so much about my past that no one says, because they’re afraid it’ll hurt me, put my min
