C55 Chapter Fifty Five

Aria's POV

As Denderick reached out to pat my shoulder, a small gesture of comfort perhaps, I flinched away from him instinctively. I couldn't bear his touch, not now. Not after what he had just said.

His hand hovered in the air for a moment before he slowly pulled it back. "Right. I am sorry." He murmured. I didn't spare him an answer.

A long stretch of uncomfortable silence ensued between us