Nevaeh could see Sébastien was trying to talk to her, but she couldn’t hear anything except the pounding th-thunp th-thump th-thump hammering in her ears and choking her throat. The words he spoke did not register, as they too seemed to sink within the pit of her stomach.
Levi collapsed to his knees in front of her, grabbing her shoulders and shaking her out of whatever hell was siphoning her senses away. “Did you hear Sébastien? Nevaeh, are you listening?”
Blinking rapidly, she stared at her cousin who had gone silent as he waited for her to respond. When the quietness hanging between them became too suffocating, her sobs graveled from her chest as rivulets of tears flushed down her cheeks. This is all my fault! If she wouldn’t have had him come on the mission. If she wouldn
