Chapter 76 His Responsibility

• Elle’s POV
• The red door swings open, and Hunter walks out. His clothes are rumpled, like he’s been hunched over in a chair for the past hour. His hair is a mess, spiked and standing on end. But it’s his gaze that chokes me…the pain, the guilt, the anger, the void.
• When he speaks, his voice is hollow. “Stella told me you guys were here.” He grasps my wrist and leans down to whisper into my ear. “I thought I told you to stay away.”