Behind Closed Eyes

CASSIA

The exhaustion finally claimed me somewhere in the middle of the flight, the adrenaline draining out of my body until there was nothing left to hold me awake. The noise of the helicopter faded into a distant hum, my thoughts dissolving into heavy darkness as sleep pulled me under.

When I stirred again, I wasn’t in the air anymore.

I was wrapped in warmth and solid strength, arms firm around