Chapter 66

In the span of a mere second, the four men who had been menacingly surrounding me are swiftly sent hurtling away.

Before I even know what has happened, I watch as their forms flail through the air, crashing into one another and then to the ground with heavy thuds. In that same moment, I am stunned silent by a power imposing enough to make every muscle in my body go still and rigid.

I slowly tilt my head upwards to survey the scene, and I am taken aback by who I find standing before me. My mind races as I try to make sense of what's going on, my heart skipping a beat when I realize it's him causing this mayhem. He towers over me, and for a moment we just stand there, his piercing gaze seemingly pinning me in place.

“What are you doing here, wandering around in the dead of night? You must know how risky it is for a woman like yourself to be out here, all alone! Don't you realize that anything could happen?”

It was loud and clear from the tone of his voice that this was a grave matter an