SERAPHINA’S POV
“Olive!” I cry out with relief, never being so happy to see her in my life.
She drops the lamp in her hands quickly, rushing to pull this sack of bones and meat off me. In a few seconds, she’s successful in rolling him off and I can sit up again.
I waste no time hugging her, and she does the same thing too, engulfing me in a tight embrace.
I don’t know what to feel right now.
I’ve been assaulted countless times, but I can’t seem to shake off the fact that if she wasn’t outside, something terrible could have happened to me.
The thought pushes me to hold her tighter, and I finally notice how badly her body trembles in mine as well.
The hands clutching me tightly with warmth and comfort shake and tremble, and it’s not from the cold. I hear her breaths coming in shaky wh
