A feeling arose in him, telling him to protect her at all costs.

So many people had cursed at him for being cruel and cold-hearted in the past, yet none of them would ever imagine that right now, he would have such a strong urge to protect a woman.

"Don't worry," he assured her, "what you feared didn't happen last night. I managed to stop it just in time when I got there."

So... he really had saved her!

Serenity raised her head and stared bewilderedly at the face that was merely inches away