Ellie
I wake up warm and bathed in that cinnamon scent. I push closer to it not wanting to leave and have to go back to avoiding Kincaid and his father. But sleep is leaving me and I slowly open my eyes. The sparks I feel all over my cheek and hand remind me though. I look up and see Riley’s sleeping face above me. He’s so relaxed right now. I breathe a sigh of relief being here with him instead of back in my little saferoom.
I stare up at him and say a quick thank you that he was chosen to be mine. I think back to yesterday. Trina left me to go start washing all my new clothes. Asked me to take a nap per Riley’s instructions. Instead, I grabbed my phone. I haven’t used it since two days after I escaped. I see messages from Lydia, Harper, Ashley, and Nate. But then I see an unknown numb
