Chapter 22 Sattered Trust

• Samantha's POV
• Adrian's pale and grasping side shocked me out of the darkness. My breath grabbed in my throat, and for a moment everything around me disappeared—the tension, the sound of footfall, even the threat of Jared's soldiers moving in. I could only focus on Adrian's agonizing contraction of his face and the blood smearing over his shirt.
• Shaking hands, I rushed forward to grab for his arm. "Adrian, you're hurt," I said, voice strangled with compassion.