panic as he brushed my hair away from my face. He was saying something, and it took me a moment to push aside the echoing in my ears so that I could listen to him. “-would fucking break me. So don’t you dare give in to them. I’ll follow you into the shadows if I have to and drag you away from them kicking and screaming. Because they can’t have you. They fucking can’t.” “Darius?” I asked in confusion, frowning up at him as he seemed to realise I was awake and his tirade came to an end. “You’re back?” he asked, his voice breaking as he ran his fingers over the lines of my face.
