Terror.
“You won't be in any danger as long as you're by my side.”
The words when they reached me did nothing to calm my heart. It did the just opposite; I ended up crying out and stumbling into his chest. He took a moment to capture me in his intense grip of embrace.
“I'd rather have you breaking down here to me than letting you go where it couldn't be heard.”
It took just a single sentence to break my resolve into nothingness. It crumbled into a heap.
“Calm yourself, little bird.” His calm voice surprised me.
×~•~×
The soft sound of the wind chime clicking together through the wind filled the air while the breeze continued to dance around the curtains. It must have been the first time where the silence didn't instil terror but brought a soothing calmness and tranquillity with it. Regardless of the fact that even though there was a certain feeling of desolation that was present in the atmosphere, I let myself breathe the calmness that the breeze didn't fail to provide. Unknowingl
