Mine to Protect

ROCCO

SLOANE WAS FINALLY SLEEPING. She needed to rest to recover. Those burns on her arms, although minor in the grand scheme of things, needed time to heal. She’d be sore, and the fact that she was hurt at all ate at me. I was supposed to protect her. She was mine to fucking protect.

My eyes had finally slid shut when I heard the door to Sloane’s room open. I cracked one eye open to see whether i