Chapter 56

Hazel’s POV

Before I was swept by darkness, I found my body limping in strong muscular arms before my head met an equally hard and warm chest. The hard seat under me was replaced by a warm embrace and I snuggled more into the warmth.

“So very naive of you to let your guard down around a predator,” I heard distant words whispering in my ears but my body fell into the dark abyss and only one thought roamed my head.

Can I survive?

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My ears quirked and my brows narrowed in a frown as a groan left my mouth. My sleepy blurry vision hindered me to see anything or accessing anything, but I could feel everything. The humming of night owls and cracking of fire made me rub my eyes and I tried to sit up when I felt a huge arm plastered over my waist. Strangely, I was not startled. In the little time, I spend with them, I have come to identify their touch without looking at them.

Cassius.

His touch was always possessive a