CHAPTER 19: SAFE, BUT NOT STEADY
The night didn’t feel real anymore. It felt like something that had already happened; something distant, something her body hadn’t fully caught up with yet.
Arianna didn’t remember walking out of the house. She didn’t remember the exact moment her legs gave in either.
All she remembered—was Damien. His arms. His voice.
The way he kept saying her name like it mattered more than anything else in that moment.
By the time they reached the car, her body had already given up trying to stay strong.
“Easy,” Damien murmured as he guided her gently toward the back seat. But “easy” wasn’t something her body understood right now.
Her fingers clutched weakly at his shirt. “I’m… okay,” she tried to say. But her voice betrayed her.
He just looked at her for a seco
