Redsand Canyon You're just like an angel

A date. The words brought warmth flooding through her chest in the moment, a soft smile on her features as she spoke and felt him nuzzle against her nape… and then he froze. He froze, her statement met with no warmth of excitement, instead panic that was quickly replaced with… nothing. “No, don’t do that.” She pleaded softly as she leveled her gaze against him, “You’re catastrophizing.” She stated softly, placing a simple term to what was happening. He was thinking only about the loss and pain that could come from it.
 
It was meant to be good news; it was meant to be exciting news… and instead it had been met with the opposite reaction. “What it means is I can train more because it will be incorporated into my role. I’m tired of being afraid of my own shadow or of demons that crop up at unfortunate times. Mereo has given me that… the strength to actually fight back.” She had been denied that in her own home. “I looked Dimitri in the eyes, Kallik. I looked him in the eyes and I fought back. That is a freedom and power I have never had before. Despite being in the middle of a brawl, I had never felt more safe in his presence because I was actually capable of doing something to thwart his advances.” She wanted him to understand that it was so much more than just her being in danger. Sure, she had been hurt at the same time, but Mereo had also had her back.