Rowan hugged back, rubbing Halia’s arm as soothingly as she could. She hated that there was no good answer here. She hated that her friend’s unwelcome crush was turning into this.

“You’re not pathetic. You’re not pathetic, you’re human. And you don’t need to be hard on yourself for being human.” She’d meant it when she told Halia that the best thing she could do was be Mason’s friend and now, it seemed, that’s what she had to do for her. As long as she needed her to.

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