It was so dark outside.
I sat in some very new-smelling car, and some unknown person was driving it while I rode in the back with Damon.
Damon was on his phone, typing frantically as if one of his “wolf-mates” bombed the bathroom or something.
I just sighed and set my forehead on the window, closing my eyes as I pictured me as a child, laughing as my dad threw me over his shoulders and ran around the backyard with me.
My stomach twinged with cold, and I tensed.
I remembered his familiar chuckle as spun around with me in his grip, and then we both fell into a snow drift.
As the laughs of both of us faded into my mind, I parted my lashes, watching a tear slip down my cheek through my reflection in the window.
But when I looked over at Damon’s reflection, I saw his eyes on me.
I immediately stiffened and looked down at the doorhandle, feeling his eyes burn into my back.
Damon just ran his fingers through my hair. “Come here.”
I gazed up then, brows drawing together.
Come here?
I sniffled a little, quietly wiping the tear away when I gazed over at him.
He just patted his lap.
I blinked. “But I’m buckled.”
“You know I won’t let you get hurt,” he responded with a smile.
I just unbuckled myself and crawled over to him, and when I made it… he suddenly flipped out and caught my thigh, making me gasp when it landed on the other side of him.
And I now straddled him.
My cheeks burned a bright red, but I stared down at him uneasily.
His eyes continuously glowed a soft green in the darkness of the car, but he remained staring up at me.
Damon just cupped my cheek, making my lips part.
He just ran his thumb under my eye, making my breaths shake.
“You’re in pain,” he whispered as he looked into my eyes.
I looked away then, feeling the darkness inside me take over.
I just folded my lips back as my eyes burned, and then more tears scorched down my cheek.
I wiped them away frantically, but he just caught my arms and lowered them.
I still avoided eye-contact but was grieving so severely right now… even when my father’s death was a decade ago.
I sniffled again, trying to control the tears, but the pain inside me was taking ninety percent of my focus.
“P—panic attack,” I whispered quietly, breath shaking.
He just brushed his thumb under my eye, drying some tears. “I can tell.”
I closed my eyes, trying to control my breathing.
But when I opened them, he suddenly leaned forward…
And set his lips on mine.
My eyes widened.
He just threaded his fingers through my hair, keeping me in place as his tongue slipped gently through my lips.
I closed my eyes then, the feeling of him overwhelming.
His touch burned me like a thousand suns… his breaths so cool and soft… he tasted like spearmint… and he smelt like pine and wood.
I gave in then, pushing myself forward as I dove deeper into him, trying to feel him entirely.
I fisted his shirt in my hands, almost ripping the fabric, and he just smiled against me.
All the pain faded to nothing, all my worries burned to ash… and it was just me and him. Just me… and him.
Damon pulled away then, making me part my lashes slightly when I gazed down at him.
He just tucked some hair behind my ear, and he smiled, pulling me to his chest.
I buried my face in his shoulder, although he just ran his hand up and down my back. “Shhhhhhhh…” he soothed. “Good girl.”
I parted my lashes then, sniffling as he continued to rub my back.
“You’re alright,” he said then, setting his lips on my forehead. “You’ll be okay, my Angel.”
I stared into his shirt for a moment before I closed my eyes, and I could feel the shaking subside as his warmth bled into me.
“No one will hurt you ever again,” he promised me. “No one will stain your skin red, tumble your thoughts, and threaten your demise. I will protect you until the time comes… and the only one who will end you would be me. When you’re ripe for the picking,” he said softly. “You shall fear only me.”
I stared at his neck as he stroked my hair. “But I don’t fear you.”
I felt him smile. “Then, alas, you have nothing to be afraid of, do you?”
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