72. Fractured Bond

Osric's POV

"Osric!" Jonathan's voice pulls me out of my mind, that is focused on who Bane really is. I look over, hearing footsteps moving closer, Jonathan approaches me with a pair of shorts.

When I grab the shorts from him our hands touch, forgetting everything else around us I pull him tightly into my arms. My body shudders at the tingles that dance across my skin, I take in his scent using it to calm down.

"Thank the Goddess you're ok." I grab the back of his neck and press my forehead to his, my lips devour every sound while tasting his delicious flesh.

I whimper, when my mind wanders to the sight of him with the arrows in his body, it nearly broke me. "I'm right here, it's ok Osric. You arrived just in time, I'm alive," Jonathan softly speaks into my ear; pulling my hand over his chest I feel his heart beating beneath my calloused palm.

"Seeing you like that… I lost it, and Bane took complete control," I struggle to speak, still filled with fear, despite Jonathan doing everythi