(Rachael POV)
I froze and tried catching my breath, but nothing was working, and I found it very hard to breathe. I rested my back on the door with my hand placed on my chest while I inhaled and exhaled repeatedly to calm my beating heart.
I could feel the surrounding danger, and my body could sense the alarm.
“What did I just do?” I asked myself as my head fell back on the door, exhausted.
“He would come for me, why did I do that? Was I wishing for death? Why did I kick him?” I kept asking myself. The more I remembered it and how it happened unexpectedly, out of instinct, made me tremble. I walked to the bed and sat down and kept my hands on my thighs.
I could hardly believe what I did, and I felt my hands trembling on my thighs. My body felt weak, but my heart was heavy with fear t
