Raine POV
The world tilted as the ground gave way beneath me.
My scream lodged halfway in my throat as I tumbled, branches snapping around me, dirt clawing at my clothes. Then thud. Pain exploded through my ribs, air knocked clean out of me.
But the groan that echoed back wasn’t mine.
I blinked, dazed, my face pressed against something solid. Something warm. Something… male.
“Oh, for f**k’s sake,” I wheezed, pushing myself up on shaky arms. My palms slipped on something wet, and when I looked down, my stomach tightened. Blood.
Lots of it.
The man beneath me shifted with another pained grunt, his hazelnut eyes flashing open. Even battered, those eyes were sharp, like they could strip a person bare with a single look. His hair brown, matted with dirt and streaks of red clung to his f
