Unexpected Savior

Dane gazed into her eyes. The silence in the private box stretched out, heavy and suffocating. The faint, rhythmic thumping of the bass from the club’s main floor bled through the thick walls, a steady heartbeat beneath the tension. Dane stood mere inches away, his towering frame casting a dark shadow over her. His eyes were cold, sharp, and unforgiving. He searched her face for a crack in her arm