Ava
"WHAT!!" Caspian yelled, his voice shaking the walls.
I flinched, clutching the bedsheet tighter. I had just told him everything — how I had almost been kidnapped... how the driver Clara had ordered had tried to hurt me.
For a second, he didn’t move. He just stood there, frozen, stunned — a dangerous mix of emotions flashing across his face.
His fists clenched, his jaw tightened, veins prominent along his arms and neck. His chest was rising and falling rapidly, and I knew... oh God, I knew he was about to explode.
I quickly stood up and threw myself into his arms, wrapping him tightly in a hug before he could do anything reckless.
"I'm fine," I whispered, rubbing slow circles on his back, trying to soothe him. "I promise I'm fine."
At first, he stood stiff and rigid against me,
