Chapter 230

• The words hung between them like a jagged blade, cutting through the fragile truce they had tried to maintain. Jace’s expression shifted, the frustration in his eyes giving way to something darker.. something resigned.
• “You really don’t believe I know what I’m doing, do you?” he asked, his voice quieter now, almost defeated.
• Avalynn’s shoulders sagged as the fight drained out of her. “It’s not that I don’t believe in you, Jace. It’s that I don’t believe in this.. whatever this is that’s happening between us. You say you want to fix things, but how can we fix anything when the same problems keep showing up over and over again?”