My heart racing, I looked at Gloam still standing in front of the dead creature’s body. His back heaved with his breaths. When he turned and his caged head tilted up to look at me, checking I was alright, my eyes filled abruptly with tears. Before I could even register my body moving, I was scrambling down the ladder and running toward him. “Gloam—” My voice hitched, and I wanted nothing more than to throw my arms around him, to make sure he was alright. To thank him for protecting me.
