Chapter Twenty-Nine
The darkness was humid and thick. It wrapped around my body like stubby, cloying fingers that slid over my skin. It gripped at my legs and flung me feet over head. I knew at any moment I could crash. Or maybe I’d simply fall forever.
But I didn’t.
Strong arms snatched me from the heavy air. The arms brought me into the familiar valley of an unyielding chest. I knew this place. It was as familiar to me as the palm of my hand. It gave the same comfort and molded to my cheek just as my palm did when I was deep in thought, or reading a good book, or nodding off to sleep.
Zane clutched me to him, holding me still. He pressed my face into his chest and cradled the back of my head, protecting me from the world falling around us. Though he shielded me, the rocks raining
