Chapter Eighteen: Seeds of Ease

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POV: *Fate*

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Panic filled my senses, jolting me awake.

“No, no, don’t move,” Cerberus said sternly, placing his hand on my shoulder.

I am sure he put his hand there to calm me. If we had been camping or I had been napping, it would have calmed my startled state. This time all it did was make me panic more.

I hastily threw the covers off of my body. The motion pulled tender skin at my wrists where someone ...