Reason to Stay

Declan

My eyes fluttered open to the sharp rays of sunlight cutting directly across my face. I blinked rapidly, squinting as the glare went at my pupils before I shifted my head to escape it.

That's when I felt her.

I'd moved forward instinctively and stopped. Because there was a warm, solid presence pressed right up against me, and the second my brain registered what it was, every nerve in my bod