Chapter 22: Identity

Night’s P.O.V I grit my teeth as the pain blinded me for a few moments, but I didn’t let go of him. My hands were on his back, clutching onto him just as tightly as he clutched onto my shirt, his hands shaking as he further tightened his white-knuckled grip. But then I felt his jaw loosen from my shoulder…slowing letting go of me as his grip on my shirt loosened as well. The rain pelted down on us mercilessly and the coolness of the water helped relieve some of the pain from my shoulder even though I tried to keep myself from making a noise. Kai’s head fell onto my shoulders in defeat, the fight leaving his body as his hands simply came to rest on my waist, his thumbs hooking onto the loops on my belt to keep them from falling to his side limply. His breath came in pants and he refused to look at me…but somehow I felt like his anger was dissipating. Maybe it was the slight tremble of his shoulders…or the way his jaw was still clenched…but I could tell that he wasn’t as angry as before…