Chapter 153 The Scars Stay
- [XENA]
- My body’s first instinct is to freeze.
- My arms become non-functional—hanging limply at my side, feet going numb. The only part of me that moves is my throat, going tight, the sudden press of warmth and closeness pulling at something I’m trying very hard to keep contained. She smells faintly of something floral, familiar in a distant way, but it doesn’t comfort me the way it should.