Nathan White lowers his gun and smiles at me like he's facing an angel for the first time.
"Little sunflower." As calm as the sea on a beautiful summer day.
My eyes fill with tears at the look of relief on his face. Heart exploding in my chest, my brain hardly believes that he did it.
He found me.
"My sun," I cry out.
I jump up from the bed, stumbling over my feet, and fall into his arms. He takes me in, in that exact protective way that I love and long for. That gets me addicted, that calms my heartbeat and heaving breaths in only a few seconds.
He lifts me up, and I wrap my legs around his waist.
"Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
I shake my head. They did hurt me, but none of it matters now that he's here, freeing me, giving me life again.
"I'm okay," I sob. I run a hand across my nose, sniffling. "I'm okay. You're here, and I'm okay."
He chuckles into my neck, his embrace tight and soothing. "I'm starting to see where Lia gets all that repeating from."
