Chapter Sixty-Seven.
Safron fumbled with the seatbelt, her adrenaline spiked, as she realised the car had come to a complete halt. Her fingers couldn’t find the red release button, a classic case of more haste less speed.
Leon ran to the side of the car, jumping in the gap where the door had once resided. His heart clenched in his chest as he saw his brave space cadet fumbling with the seatbelt, her hands trembling so much she couldn’t even press the release button.
“I got you babe,” his low voice said, reaching over, hoping that the slight touch of his hand against hers as he released her would not set off another PTSD crisis.
The soldier let out a sigh of relief as she immediately halted her attempts, giving him space to free her.
“I knew you would come,” Safron whispered, te
