Sophia
“I don’t know how yet. But I promise you, I won’t let her, or anyone hurt you again.”
Relief washed over me at his words.
That was the first word that came to me as I sat there, still wrapped in the afterglow of Max’s embrace.
Somehow, I felt relieved that I wasn’t alone. Relieved that someone had come when the walls felt like they were closing in.
It startled me how much safer I felt with him there.
My instincts still whispered warnings in the back of my mind, reminding me that I didn’t know who Max really was or why he had appeared so suddenly in my life.
I didn’t trust him completely, how could I, when betrayal had been the story of my life?
But I couldn’t deny the way his presence anchored me.
With him nearby, it was as though an invisible barrier had been drawn
