416 Finding Solace

~ ZEV ~

The question rang in his head. What had the Team done to him? Why did he struggle to sleep in buildings with straight lines? Why did he get so angry when he was afraid? 

It was so hard to pinpoint because they'd never neglected him. If anything, he'd always been treated like he was special. But that hadn't sheltered his heart from this gnawing pain… And there were things she didn't know... choices he'd made. Things he'd been led to. But he couldn't tell her those. Not now. 

But he knew what it all added up to. The overall price. And that was safe to talk about.