In His Shadow ()

“Darling, I’m scared. You know the way he looks at me, right? It makes me feel almost like…mph…almost like I’m back in school…”

Stroking her back, you repeated, over and over, that everything was going to be okay. He had his {if Male = true}evil{endif}{if Female = true}gross{endif} little demands, but he knew that there was only so much he could demand from you. The two of you were going to get through this together.

At the very least, none of this would be happening very far away. You were going to be right next door the entire time. You weren’t going to let anything happen to her. In fact, you’d make sure that she had a panic button with her whenever she was over there. At a moment’s notice, you would come running to help her. You were still her knight in shining armor.

Meanwhile, you weren’t going to just let him treat her this way. You didn’t know how to escape this just yet, but you were going to fight his ****. A man like him had to have secrets, perhaps some that might destroy his leverage. It would be easy to spy right back on him.

Kaori smiled weakly, listening to your soothing words. Of course, she claimed, she trusted you to help her. He didn’t stand a chance against you two when you put your head together. Yey, even as she said it, her eyes were still trained out the back window. She was staring at a single house-light not far in the distance. It pierced the darkness, drawing the eye closer.