Chapter 128.

We stood in the room, his eyes on mine as a deep guttural groan escaped his lips and his hands tightened around me. But just like I knew that I wasn't ready to forgive him, so did he and though I loved being in his company for reasons I couldn't understand myself, I couldn’t see a future with a man who caused me that amount of pain- not yet. Darian looked past me, his lips pulled back in a smile and his eyes lit up, the earlier dark lust and the urge to swallow me whole were wiped from his face. “Come on,” he grabbed my hand, slowly and carefully, as though he was afraid I'd pull it back. His skin touched mine. His skin was touching me and he was smiling but why was I sweating? My ribs were pressing inwards and the air went- I don't know- it went somewhere completely useless because there was no inhale, no exhale, there was nothing. Just sweat. And Darian’s hand around mine.  “Hazel?”  He turned his head but it kept getting stuck on the way and a halo flashed over his face- and his voi