~ SASHA ~
Sasha gave Ernie a look—she needed to focus on something other than Nick—and he sank back into the trees. But she had a feeling he wasn't going to be far away.
It was a small pleasure in a much wider pain.
Zev held her hand as they walked, but his face was tense and she knew he was thinking about what she'd said. What she'd faced.
A part of her wanted to push it aside and pretend it hadn't happened. She knew he hadn't wanted those females. But… she also knew it would fester in her heart if she didn't talk to him about it.
She gave a little groan and shook her head. Why couldn't things ever be easy for them? Why couldn't they ever just… be?
Her mind tripped back to Yhet's cave and those days before his infection. Her heart thudded for very different reasons, and her stomach fluttered. She wanted that time back. She wanted to do it again.
