~~Mira~~
I followed Evan as he took me back in.
As I walked past the stable. Horses snorted softly from their stalls, a few shifting restlessly as though sensing the chaos still clinging to me. My pulse hadn’t slowed since the attack. My limbs trembled with cold sweat, my throat raw from screaming.
I kept replaying it in my head — the glint of blade, the rough hand clamped over my mouth, Evan’s snarls, the crunch of bones, the blood.
I squeezed my eyes shut.
No. Don’t think about that anymore, don’t think about his muzzle drenched red, or the way his voice cracked with fury when he yelled at me. I’d never seen him like that. Not just protective — he’d been monstrous.
I wrapped my arms around my knees, trying to breath, trying to forget, but my body wouldn’t listen.
And then… I felt
