He reached for her hand and held it tight. Lord knew Beau had missed her these last few days, even if he was quietly grateful to have had the space to process his thoughts. "I know," he admitted quietly. "Odina and I ... we bring out the ugly in one another, and I've allowed that to interfere everywhere else." The ex-friends were lucky to have never wound up married to one another.

"It won't happen again." He vowed. Even if it meant closing his heart to Tobias, Beau would never allow them to fall to such lows.