"She's safe, for now," Jeremy said in a low voice.

As soon as Tony heard the word safe, he breathed out a long sigh of relief before Jeremy could even finish the sentence.

To him, that was all that mattered.

"Thank God she's safe." He muttered under his breath, shutting his eyes as if that alone could calm the storm crashing in his chest.

He stayed like that for a moment, breathing, grounding himself, before his eyes slowly opened again, and he looked up at Jeremy with worry still clinging ...