Redsand Canyon You're just like an angel

Kallik could see her considering his words. He knew what she was holding inside had to be painful, but he also knew she had to want to share it. He could only try and make her feel safe. 

Then she started talking, and nuzzled her neck as she spoke, hoping to soothe whatever the story was bringing up inside her. His own anger burned in his chest, of course. He couldn't avoid it when she told him of how she had stood to fight her ex to keep him from coming inside, and Dimitri had grabbed her by the shoulder and shook her. It was very difficult to keep calm when he imagined that. Except it wasn't as difficult as it had been before; he was too concerned with remaining a safe presence for Aquene. 

Her last words had Kallik pulling her closer and wrapping around her as much as he could without hurting either of them. But you did, he reminded her. And you were brave. Kallik was proud of her. You are safe in Mereo, and you are strong enough to help us take him out if he returns. He hadn't let her go yet, he couldn't. He kept imagining returning and her not being here—it was more painful than the slashes on his chest.