#Chapter 22 What’s Right and What’s Easy

Evelyn Finally finding Sebastian doesn’t subside the fears crawling up my skin. I know he likes to play games, but how am I supposed to act casual when he’s hiding something from me? “Princess.” Sebastian stands up, and his eyes shine with anxiety. “It’s all okay.” “What happened? Why do we need to talk? Why couldn’t you just come get me?” He grabs me as I start to breathe heavily, holding me close to his chest as I hyperventilate. “Breathe,” he whispers down to my ear. I don’t have much of a choice, and I just stand there as my stepbrother holds me tight. “I’m sorry, you weren’t supposed to become so afraid.” I feel a tear well up in the corner of my eye, but I shake my head against his soft shirt. “Where is this anxiety coming from?” He whispers again. In reality, I don’t know the answer to this. Something about trying to find him just set off alarms in my head, and I couldn’t stop. I continue to lose track of time and air in Sebastian’s arms, but there’s somethi