Closing the Distance

Hazel's Pov:

"Silas?" My voice fell into a ragged whisper.

I dragged myself out of the lingering daze. My chest heaved up and down. My throat burned from the phantom screams of my nightmare. My eyes flew wide open. I stared straight up into a pair of vivid, piercing green eyes. Those same eyes had terrified me to my core on the day we met. Now, the harsh lines around his face were relaxed. His g