|Ilaria's POV|
"I will not let anyone touch a sliver of what belongs to you." His voice, intense and yet somehow gentle at the same time, was enough to make my heart flutter in my chest. The way his hand had held mine, completely engulfing it, I felt safe. I was too small in his comparison, and the longer I felt in his presence, the more I began to believe that he was going to keep me safe. It was eerie. And right now, as I laid in the bed I had woken up in, I could not help but think about Cassian as someone who could be trusted. Soon, tiredness and pain overtook my senses and my eyelids drooped until I allowed myself to relax and for sweet slumber to take me into a peaceful land of joy and prosperity. Brown eyes freckled with green stared down at me... I was laying down, blinking up at
