Raina's POV
The screeching sound of tyres ripping against asphalt was the only thing I heard before everything seemed to pause around me.
My eyes were shut tight and my arms were slightly raised as if they could somehow shield me from the crushing weight of the car that was supposed to hit me.
My heart had already accepted it.
This was it, I just want everything to end.
An end that promised silence and would free me from the humiliation twisting around my chest at this moment.
But the impact never came.
Instead, the deafening screeching of a car's tyres cut into the silent night, and I realized I was still standing while my knees trembled, and my eyes flew wide open with shock.
Just inches away from me was the shining hood of a black car, the headlights were still on and shining into my eyes, causing me to squint as my body froze and my chest was rising and falling rapidly, as I tried to process that I wasn't dead.
