Unwilling Protector

Vane Silas Adler's Pov:

The agony was written plain across Hazel's face as I knelt before the deep leather armchair. The shattered crystal had grazed the soft flesh of her knee when she dropped to the floor, drawing a thin line of crimson, but the true damage lay further down. I ran my gaze along her pale calf, resting her injured leg across my own knee to inspect the bottom of her foot. A nasty,