LAUREL
He groaned softly as his chest heaved against mine with my back to the floor and in my attempt to shrivel away, my head hit hard on the floorboard.
His palm quickly slipped underneath the back of my head with the creases of his forehead etched with something I could only understand as concern.
My saliva hitched in my throat as his eyes held mine, the blue hue of his eyes had darkened and the ridge leading to his lips looked perfectly aligned.
“You okay?” He asked, his voice had lost that menacing touch for a second.
I nodded slowly as we heard rushing footsteps, at least they didn’t leave us to die underneath this heavy load of wood.
Suddenly I heard a panicked tone “Young master” it was Dylan rushing to our aid, I could always make out his voice from the rest of them, it wasn
