(Arata)
Like a protective shield, his presence cocooned me and held me wrapped in a safety net. But as soon as I saw the black doors closing, my heart began its frantic beatings.
Up!
Up!
They rose like tsunami waves ready to drown me into them. My breathing became shallow, there was not enough oxygen in this cuboid of death.
My fingers tightened against Karsten's hard arm as I tried to fill my lungs with as much air as I could find.
The moments when that man had tried to assault me surfaced in my brain along with some other repressed memories.
Before I could get too caught up in this limbo of haunting moments, he came for me.
In a slow movement, Karsten shifted me with a calm movement of his arm behind my back, so that I faced him.
His other hand grabbed my chin with his index finger and thumb and nudged it up so I could gaze into his concerned eyes. Worries in abundance swam in his irises.
