Ivy:
I couldn't pry my eyes open for the pounding of my head.
I took a deep breath, trying to slow my head's spinning. That one deep breath pulled in a lungful of clarity. I felt the cool droplets on my skin; I could smell the earth alive under the fall of rain.
"There you are."
Tatum's voice almost gave me a fright.
The moment he spoke, the events leading to me being here, wherever here is, came rushing back.
"You… you poisoned me." My voice was quiet, sounding strained against the harsh dryness in the back of my throat.
"Don't be ridiculous, my love. I have already begun the antidote. I just had to get you out of there and get you safe. I had to get you away from the men who convinced you that you and I weren't meant to be."
Finally, I opened my eyes, taking in where he had esc
