~ SASHA ~
Zev sat quietly, staring around the circle, meeting eyes with each of the men. She could see the certainty in the way his shoulders were back and he met each set of eyes evenly, patiently. But she could also see his tension.
Would they believe him as much as he believed in himself?
Sasha turned her thoughts inward to her own heart and mind. Did she believe in him as much as he believed in himself?
And she found her answer was yes, but.
If she took away her embarrassment and fear of what others thought, if she put aside the doubts that rose in her own mind just because she saw them in the eyes of her mother and her friends… if she dismissed the fear of having to convince others that she wasn't crazy, the truth was, she did believe Zev. She believed that he hadn't wanted to leave her—or the Chimera—and that he had no intention of doing it again.
