Claire's POV I couldn't bring myself to open my eyes, not when crimson rained on me or when the door had been flung open. I knew help had come, that I had gotten the answer I had prayed for, and that it had been here sooner than I had expected."My little princess," a hand ran gently on my hair, and I flickered my eyes, settling them on the man who had come. My knight in dark armor. He was dressed in black with a gun in his hands, with eyes that told me he would kill whoever or whomever it was that stopped him, but they softened for me. When they peered at me, they softened. Crystals snaked down my cheek, each dropping gently. I sniffed in, knowing that if there happened to be anyone who I could feel safe with, it had to be him. His hands yanked the chains off, snapping them like they didn't hurt his hands, as though they didn't have his hands bleeding at this moment. He managed a smile at me, one that softened only for me. When the chain on my feet clanked to the ground, I let hi
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