C56 Chapter 56 - Recovery

Lucian was all right and that's all mattered. I flung my arms around him.

"I thought you would leave me," I said softly through my tears. "It would have killed me."

"No, I wasn't leaving you, Alice. I swear. I went there to protect you. Why would I leave you? I was in and out of consciousness. But I heard you. I heard everything you said." He caressed my hair