Chapter 20

“Shit man, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that,” Dannie said rushing over to Balric. He grunted as she helped him sit up. Dannie dusted off the dirt and grass that stuck to him. “Are you hurt? Should I go get Sara?”

“Danielle,” Balric said, grabbing her hands and holding them in his. “I’m perfectly fine.”

“Are you sure?” she asked, feeling guiltier and guiltier by the minute. “That was like twenty feet.”

“And? I can handle a lot more than that, Little Mason.” He grinned at her as he brushed the hair away from her face with one hand, yet still held her hands in his other one. It was only then when Dannie realized how close they were. She swallowed and tried to suppress her body’s reaction to said closeness. “I’m more concerned about you. What happened? Your heart was racing and your breathing out of control.”

As Balric looked at her, concern etched in his face, Dannie felt exposed and everything she was, was out there for him to see. “I felt something. A otherness,” she admitted, tugg