A Sinful Devotion
My fingers clenched the fabric of his shirt, desperate for contact, for proof he was real and not some cruel mirage.
He shifted, angling my body so he could assess the wound. My ribs burned as he pressed lightly against the entry point, testing the damage, and I flinched, wincing at the pain. “Shh… it’s fine,” he muttered, ignoring my protests. “We’ll clean it. We’ll patch you up. And then… we’ll make them pay.”
The words were ice and fire at once. Cold vengeance wrapped in warmth, and I felt something stir inside me—a dangerous, fragile hope that maybe, just maybe, there was a way forward. That we could survive this. Together.