All Chapters of Claimed by My Five Forbidden Mates: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

KNOXX VOLKARIS POINT OF VIEW Looking at Caidy right now makes the air in my lungs feel like lead. Panic grips me so hard that I can barely think straight.  She is awake, but she isn't really here. She sits upright on the edge of the mattress with her shoulders locked and her hands clenched around the sheets so tightly that her knuckles have gone almost white. Then the air catches in her throat, and a sharp, strangled sob escapes her.  Everything inside me drops at once. She isn't just crying. She can't catch her breath. Her chest rises and falls too quickly, each breath shorter and more desperate than the last. She gasps for air, but every breath seems to make her panic worse. Her whole body shakes with each sob,

KNOXX VOLKARIS POINT OF VIEW It took nearly half an hour before Caidy's crying finally eased. Thirty agonizing minutes of holding her while her body shook against mine, thirty minutes of feeling every sob rip through her and somehow tear straight through me too.  Every time she struggled to catch her breath, I felt my own lungs tighten. Every time she whispered that she was scared, something inside me cracked a little more.  I had never felt this helpless before. I could usually talk my way out of anything. I could make a joke when things got too tense, annoy someone until they forgot they were angry, or throw out one of my stupid grins when I did not know what else to do. But there was no joke for this. There was no grin that could fix what I had done. 

CAIDY ELLIS POINT OF VIEW My face felt so hot that I was pretty sure I could have cooked an egg on it.The second the crazy rush of adrenaline finally wore off, reality came crashing down on me, and I immediately wanted to disappear. I couldn't believe what I had just done to Knoxx. I couldn't believe I had actually let myself lose control like that. My stomach twisted into awful little knots, and I suddenly became very interested in the floor because looking at him felt way too embarrassing.“I... I’m so sorry,” I mumbled, barely able to get the words out. “I honestly don’t know what got into me, Knoxx. I was completely out of my mind and I—”“The last thing you should be doing right now is apologizing, Caidy

CAIDY ELLIS POINT OF VIEW “Okay... I’m done,” I said quietly once I had finally gotten dressed.Knoxx turned around, and the second his eyes landed on me, his whole expression softened. There was something about the way he looked at me that made my chest feel a little warm, and I immediately looked away because I didn't want him to notice how much it affected me.“Come on,” he said gently. “Let's go downstairs. I'll make you something to eat.”I shook my head and hugged my arms around myself. “I'm not really hungry.”“I know.”I frowned at him. “Then why are you telling me to eat?”

CAIDY ELLIS POINT OF VIEW I didn't know what to do with the way he was looking at me. The guilt in his eyes was almost too much, and before I could overthink it, I reached across the table and gently placed my hand over his. The second my fingers touched his skin, Knoxx went completely still. It was such a small thing, just my hand on his, but the reaction from him made my heart flutter in a way that had absolutely no business happening right now."It's okay," I whispered, and I gave his hand a small squeeze. "I'm not mad at you."His eyes dropped to where our hands rested together. He didn't pull away, but he didn't move either. He just stared at them as if he couldn't believe I had actually reached for him. There was something almost fragile about the way he held himself, like he was scared that one