Page 116 of Scars of Honor


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That’s the difference.

Before, I would have shut it down.

Dismissed it.

Gone quiet.

Now—

I let him see it.

Just enough.

Logan’s expression shifts slightly.

Not softer.

More focused.

“Look at me,” he says.

I already am.

“Say it again.”

A pause.

Then—

“I’m not disappearing.”

Stronger this time.

Not louder.

Just… steadier.

He studies me for a second.

Then nods once.

“Good.”

Simple.

Certain.

He steps back just enough to give me space—

But not distance.

Never distance.

And this time—

I don’t fill the silence by shrinking.

I stay where I am.