Chapter 134 The Reconnaissance

• The quiet broke as Nina rushed to him; eyes wide with fear, face blotched. She threw herself into his arms, clinging tight. Darren wrapped her up, steadying her trembling frame against his chest.
• “You’re safe,” he whispered into her hair, his own voice rough with emotion. “We’re safe… for now.”
• The two of them stood there in silence, wrapped in each other, but the weight of Bryan’s words still lingered like smoke in the air, impossible to breathe away.