Chapter 174 - Escalation [1/2]

Emily felt the world around her fall away when she heard Erik's words. All her anxieties and fears disappeared like dust in the wind, while Emma's words about how Erik would never trade her away came back to her.

All she saw in her field of vision now was Erik's powerful, armored, and slightly hunched-over back. While the armor hid most of Erik's beast-like features in his currently transformed state, she knew the beastly and dangerous form that lay beneath those onyx-black plates.

And yet, right now, Erik's back looked more handsome, more powerful, and safer than anything else she had ever felt.

All his past care, his help, and yes, also the pleasure she had felt because of him, if somewhat indirectly, all came crashing down on her once again, bashing against the gates of her resistance towards him.

She had gone through this kind of revelation a few times already, but perhaps she was finally reaching a point where she could truly let him into her heart.