Jillian
My eyes slowly peeled open but I had to close them back against the sudden onslaught of light. I grew conscious of my body, of the pain shooting from my back more specifically, and it all came rushing back to me. My father... shot me… then I also… I shivered as I remembered the crazed look in his eyes at that last minute. He really wanted to kill me then… it left no doubt.
Conflicting emotions were warring within me but then I felt a familiar soothing warmth encompassing my hand. My eyes shot open, immediately seeking him out. Callum lay in a chair right beside me, his position uncomfortable-looking as he dozed off. My heart burst, the muscles in my face automatically contracting into a smile as I recollected it all. He came for me, saving me from my father. I never expected thi
