Unexpected Defiance

A sharp, uncomfortable pain stabbed at Declan’s chest as he cowered behind the heavy decorative wooden screen. His arms were wrapped tightly around Naomi, clutching her against him while the dust from shattered marble pillars rained down on their shoulders. He swallowed hard, his throat dry, desperately trying to dismiss the silent but heavy finality of Tessa’s mouthed words across the ruined dini