“Thank you so much, Zach,” Sasha says, as she looks at me in adoration. “I owe you my life for attacking those wolves, for saving me, and for offering me a chance at a future. A place to go.
“Words can’t express how much I appreciate you.” She blushes and looks away. “I truly don’t know what I would do without you.”
Her appreciation flatters me. I’m glad I can be her hero. I want to help her more than anything. I want to be her hero. Someone she can trust with everything.
The way I feel about her strange and so sudden that I can’t make sense of it. I barely know this woman, but since the moment I saw her, I felt this intense need to protect her.
I still feel that way. I want to be close to her. The thought of being away from her makes my heart hurt.
“You seem to be able to hold your
