Chapter 20

**** Enzi ****

The morning after she ran…

Well, describing this as a fracking disaster would be a colossal understatement. I just keep hurting her, and this time physically. I spent the whole night beside her, listening to her even breathing, hoping my presence was helping instead of hindering her healing, and praying to the Moon Goddess for her help and guidance. My treasure’s breath tripped a few times during the night like she was frightened or having nightmares, probably about me. Each time her breath caught, I just about lost my mind watching her face in the dark, whispering that everything would be ok, and praying that I wasn’t full of shit.

“Hey, man, the sun will be up soon. It would help if you rested,” Jayvon calls when he notices I’m awake.

“I’ll rest when she wakes up,” I grumble.

“Get out of here. Go and shower, at least. Bring me back some coffee,” he jerks his head at the door with a sly half-grin, but the smile doesn’t reach his eyes. He’s just as tired, just as wo