Sometimes I feel as if the world is spinning away, leaving me here, alone. All of the things I have seen in these last few months weigh on my mind, and I want to run away, as far as I could ever go. But I cannot. There is no escape from the monster.
But I have found one place where I can be safe.
In Raoul's arms I am warm, I am protected, and I am adored.
I hear his heart beating, I feel his chest rise and fall, and the horrors are erased, if only for a moment. Sanctuary.