“Raven, please. Have faith in me.” Cash says in his last desperate attempt to make me believe in him, and I don’t know why, but at that moment his words felt like they targeted my soul, and my hands slowly let go, as my thighs completely loosened their hold. His grip he had around my waist tightened, and I felt my body weightlessly being pulled towards him. Before I knew what was happening, I was in the protection of his arms, with my own arms wrapped tightly around his neck, facing the opposite direction, as I now sat safely in his lap, while he brought his horse slowly to a halt. With my head now buried in his chest, I closed my eyes, as tears of relief pooled behind my closed lids, while my racing heart finally stopped beating out of my chest. Cash’s hand began to caress my back, tr

