“Roxy,” I breathed, looking into her eyes and trying to convey everything I was feeling to her without words. I wanted to rip her from his arms, drag her away with me and just run and run until we were so lost that no one could ever find us again. “Darius, I’m sorry,” she began, and I was relieved to see he hadn’t managed to crush her with the shadows this time, but that just meant she was feeling every bit of pain he doled out to her.
