She had leaned on him as her pillar of strength, but now, seeing him weighed down, struggling, left her feeling restless and anxious. She worried about him more than she had about almost anything else. The last time she'd felt this unsettled had been when her twins were sick.
Unlike Zion, who wore his emotions openly when he was with Addison, Addison had always believed Levi to be steady, someone who was a constant source of calm and support. That steadiness was one of a Gamma's greatest strengths: emotionally grounded and capable of holding up their Luna when storms hit.
For him to feel this low… it meant even his emotional threshold had been shattered. The thought of the damage he must have suffered during the rogue attack made her chest tighten, and she couldn't even begin to imagine the weight of it.
Addison bit her lower lip, searching for a way to comfort Levi, anything that might help her understand the depth of what he was feeling right now.
