Cassian’s POV
She looked so peaceful. Even with the dried blood still on her forehead, she looked like she knew she was safe. I had only heard a little of what Damien had in mind when it came to her, but that little information was enough.
Nobody should go through that and I sure as hell wouldn’t want that to happen to her.
I had only just found a spot in the forest for us to take a break. It seemed safe enough, but I knew that I still had to keep my guard up, and now, more than ever before.
As she laid there on the ground, tucked in under Pika’s sheet, she was more vulnerable than she had ever been before and as long as she was with me, she wouldn’t be safe.
I put the duffle bags on the ground next to her and noticed the light shivers that went through her body.
She was cold, an
