#Chapter 65: And When to Make Peace

Ava’s Pov The pain flared across every bone in my face. I felt it in my jaw, in my teeth, my nasal cavity, and even my eyes. Tears poured from my ducts without a second delay between the hit and the moment I landed on the black top pavement. I wanted to scream out in pain, but the air was wiped from my lungs. I fell. Hard. “Ava!” Ethan’s screams were distorted in my ears, like I was underwater. I screwed my eyes shut and I tried to bring myself to sit up, but the pain was too much. I’d been hit by Dora a thousand times when we were kids, but never like this. She wasn’t strong enough to hit like this, she didn’t throw punches. It was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. It was an aching pain, and a burning one as well. Baron’s voice broke through the water-logged ears, but I couldn’t understand him. I heard Ethan yelling back at him, and then I couldn’t hear Baron anymore. I guessed he left. I wasn’t sure, I kept my eyes closed because I thought it would dull the pain