Rowan's POV
I waited until her breathing grew deep and steady, until her weight rested fully against my shoulder. Moving carefully, inch by inch, I laid her back onto the pillow, as if I were holding the rarest crystal in the world. I covered her once more, brushed a stray lock of hair away from her face, and stood beside her bed for a moment. The room, which had once been just another room, now felt like a sanctuary.
I slowly stepped back, keeping my eyes on her until the very last moment, then quietly closed the door behind me.
As I walked down the hallway toward the stairs, I felt every part of my body trembling with held back tension. The emotional storm of the last twenty four hours had drained me more than any physical fight ever could. When I reached the ground floor, the warm
