LEAH
I gasped as my eyes flew open, air rushing into my lungs like I had been suffocating moments before. For a second, I wasn’t sure if I was alive or still stuck in the abyss, maybe just somewhere with lights.
Everything was blurry, my thoughts a mess, until my gaze landed on him.
Damien.
He was sitting right there beside me, his dark, stormy eyes filled with hope and fear.
The moment he saw me stir, his expression shifted—relief washing over him like a wave crashing against the shore.
I didn’t think; I just moved. My body practically launched forward, and I threw my arms around him, clutching him tightly like he was the only thing tethering me to the world. He pulled me close, his warmth soaking into me.
I equally felt relieved to breathe safely from the living world, in the arms
