Chapter 123

Cassian POV

Her eyes snapped wide, like she didn’t expect those words to ever come out of my mouth. Hell, I barely believed it myself. I’d been wrong, horribly wrong. But seeing her flinch at our closeness, her arms flying up like she needed to protect herself, like she was expecting a hit, it gutted me. What the fuck had she been through to think like that?

I pulled her into my arms. My hand flew