Declan

As I showered, my thoughts kept going back to Henley. When I looked out of the store and saw five guys around her giving her a hard time, I dropped everything and took off running. I was never so proud of her when she kneed the guy. His face was bleeding, too, so she must have punched him before I noticed. I had never been so proud of anyone in my life.

Anger welled up in my chest as I punched the guy and two others, stopping them long enough to pull Henley behind ...