The fear I’d felt leaked out of my body. My limbs no longer felt tense. Aiden’s presence calmed me, soothed me. He rested his cheek against the top of my head. I closed my eyes, my hand curling around his neck and threading in the short hair at the back of his head.
“You’re okay now,” he murmured. “You’re safe with me.”
And the fucked up part?
That was a lie I wanted to believe.
I would never be safe with Aiden.
Not now.
Not ever.