|Gryphon's POV|
Her eyes are glassed over with unshed tears and her skin is blanched by the fear she feels as she looks up at me, unblinking and afraid as her breath falls on my face and all I can focus on are those marks around her neck, that swelling across her perfect, porcelain cheek that has her skin turned red at the impact and the way her hair is in a disarray and how she takes in shallow breaths, not sure what to say but knowing to stay silent.
My whole body is shivering with a newfound rage, a fear, as I realise that someone is abusing Serena, I don't know if this is the first time it happened or if this is something that she goes through on a regular basis but right now, I cannot look past the marks.
The bloody marks of fingers vividly marring the length of her throat like
