Chapter 43 - Taking Action

< Serena >

With unsteady breath, I looked up and saw the man I wasn’t expecting at all.

“Get the fucking up,” King Aero barked, but even with him ordering, he reached out to me and assisted me to stand.

“King Aero,” I muttered in disbelief. ‘He is here! Why is he here!’ my head cried out.

His hold around my waist tightened and I was left struggling to breathe with this.

“Contain your fear, woman. I could feel it even when I was in Ehnrelil,” he ordered.

I stilled and willed myself to relax.

“You could? How?” I asked, the fear and panic I felt earlier were washed away with his presence, and...oh, so was the throbbing headache and the pulsating white light in my eyes.

Now, in his arms...pressed up against his body...feeling his warmth, feeling his slow breathing, I felt secure. Protected. Loved?

He paused f