Instantaneously everything fled him and all he saw, all that mattered, was her.
Luke stalked over to her, but she put up a hand. He watched her erect that shield of hers, the one he had hoped she would never feel the need to use again.
"Sunflower - "
"It's okay, Luke," Johanna said in a level tone.
"It is not okay," he growled, grabbing hold of her arm and pulling her close to him.
She let him, but she didn't warm to his embrace or the nearness of his body like she had before. Instead she looked into his eyes, and he was chilled by the coldness in hers.
"It's okay for right now, then. I need to know what happened to me. I need those answers and I don't have time to react to them." Her gaze flickered and just a small bit of something warmer came through. Johanna whispered, soft
