Chapter 47 Breaking Point

• Ava's POV
• Tension permeated the night air, and I could feel it as weight on my chest. Having Eli next to me caused both comfort and anxiety. Since I had opened the journal and perused the names, the faces, the secrets... The sensation that everything was about to fall apart had not been able to be overcome.
• Eli looked at me, his eyes sharp and seeking. "Ava, right now we have to move gently. Every stride counts.