Desperate Embrace

Gideon grunted and let go of Valerie. His dark reddened eyes stared at Valerie seriously. He thought, 'How long had it been since I hugged her properly? It feels like a century has passed.'

"Get up and get lost," Valerie ordered.

Even Gideon's bones were screaming in pain. It was so painful that he could not move at all. The wounds that had been treated two days ago had reopened, but he was too gr