Page 89 of With This Kiss
Ikept my face buried in Reign’s neck as he walked out of there, my mind feeling fuzzy.
I couldn’t focus on a single thought.
Not when there seemed to be so much going on, and my mind seemed to be spinning out of control until… until… until…
“Just breathe, baby. I need you to breathe. You’re on the verge of a panic attack.”
Was that what was happening?
I tried to breathe. I really did. But the air… it would not come in. My nails dug into Reign’s skin, and I pulled back to look at him, shaking my head.
I couldn’t breathe. I was going to die.
“You’re not going to die,” Reign said fiercely.
I didn’t realize I had said that part out loud.
I shook my head.
We had just made it outside the warehouse.
Reign let out a soft curse and moved over to the building, sitting on the ground with his back against the wall and me on his lap. His arms banded tightly around me, and still, that wasn’t enough. I needed to be closer to him because, right now, it feltlike I was floating adrift, moving away from this world with nothing to help tether me back to reality.
I buried my face in his chest, closed my eyes, and counted his heartbeats.
“That’s right. Focus on me and just breathe, baby. Don’t think about anything else. I’m right here, and everything is going to be okay. Good girl,” he said.
I listened to his words.
Everything was going to be okay. He was here.
Iwas going to be okay.
It took a while, but I could feel my heart slowing down once more, could feel the air coming into my lungs a little easier.
And my mind didn’t feel like it was spinning out of control anymore.
I pulled my face back when I felt a little better. I couldn’t see much of him in the dark, but feeling his solid form was enough. I pressed my hand on his chest. He placed his own hand on top of mine, keeping it there. I focused on the warmth.
“Okay?” he asked.
I started to nod before I realized he couldn’t see me. “Yes,” I whispered, afraid my voice might break if I tried to make it go any higher.
He cupped my cheek. “I know this isn’t the best time, and I want to give you more time to calm down, but we have to go, okay, baby? Let me take you back to your—to my place.”
I blinked. I almost forgot my place had been broken into. And the body…
Tito shot his companion when he realized the leg wound had done nothing but slow him down. I didn’t witness that, but I vaguely heard him say something about that when he brought me back to the warehouse.
He would be dead by now… on my apartment floor.
“The body?—”
“Don’t worry about it,” Reign interrupted. “Do you think you can get up now? Your brother is coming, and I really don’t think you want to explain to him all that’s going on, do you?”
That was right. He had said something about Caine.
How did he know Caine?
