Brielle
After we pulled away from the hug, Zadyre led me to the room but I was still feeling anxious. When we got to the room and he closed the door behind us, he closed the distance between us once again and hugged me tightly as he tried to calm me down.
“It’s okay, Brielle,” he whispered in a low, gruff voice. “I’m here and everything is fine. So, please calm down.”
I nodded my head as I hugged him tighter and buried my face into his chest. I let my guard down and felt every emotion I was so afraid to feel. All of it. And Zadyre held me through it, steady and unyielding.
“I thought I lost you,” I admitted in a broken whisper. “I was so close to-“ My voice caught, the memory of nearly killing Micah still too fresh, too raw.
“You didn’t,” Zadyre said softly, brushing his fingers thr
