It was useless to try anything, he told himself. He was too stressed to do anything practical and his skills to rusty to do anything worth trying even if his heart didn't feel like it was about to beat right out of his chest. The walls were crumbling and there wasn't anything they could do, he told himself. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. The pavilion, which he'd planned as their safe place, was unreachable now that the danger came from all around them.
He did the only thing he could do: he threw one arm over Yaxley's body, turned over so he was covering her upper body with his own, and ducked his head down against her neck, waiting for something—pain, peace, quiet, death, whatever fate had in store for him.
He did the only thing he could do: he threw one arm over Yaxley's body, turned over so he was covering her upper body with his own, and ducked his head down against her neck, waiting for something—pain, peace, quiet, death, whatever fate had in store for him.
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