#Chapter 53 Settle

Aurora Jaxson tries to get me to sit back down, my words so jumbled and mixed up that I’m blabbering nonsensically. I want to stand, to shift, but it’s impossible to while I’m in this state. My whole body is sore from rejecting Xander, let alone dealing with the wounds he laid onto me from the last time I saw him. I pushed myself too far then, and I’ll do it again now if it means helping Luke. Jaxson doesn’t agree, trying to lead me toward the house but I stumble, murmuring about what Xander had said in my head, about what he is going to do to Luke, and what he has been doing to me. My head spins as I hit the wood floor of the little home on the beach. “Please, stop,” Jaxson hums, trying to help me stand but I flinch away so fiercely that he eventually pulls back, creating space between us. “Aurora, calm down then tell me what you’re trying to say. I can’t understand you when you’re panicked. Please, sweetheart.” “Xander is going to hurt Luke because of me,” I cough, shiv