FIONA
Grabbing the boy just in time, I yanked him into my body and we hit the ground hard, rolling just out of the car’s path as it sped past.
I tasted sand in my mouth and felt a sharp ache where my hip had hit the ground. My heart was pounding violently in my chest and I could barely speak. But we were okay.
Stars and scars above, we were okay. I wanted to laugh and cry all at once but that would only have scared the child more.
Across the road from me, the woman, who I assume must be his mother, nearly fainted in relief next to Elias who immediately caught and held her up. He wanted to drop her and come to me but I shook my head. I was fine.
I turned my attention to the boy in my arms who was clutching at my shirt, terrified and trembling.
“Hey…hey,” Pushing myself up into a cro
