Blessed by Night

Chapter 70: Not A Moment Too Soon!

Serana and Anna were currently huddled together in the back of a clothing store.

When the gate break had occurred, both girls had almost reached the exit when a large crack appeared in the space right in front of the doors.

Before anyone could react, a bright blue portal opened up, and out from it poured a powerful blizzard and icy giants with bright blue skin.

They of course tried to run like everyone else, but Anna unfortunately tripped and sprained her ankle after a few minutes of running.

Unwilling to leave behind her new friend, Serana did her best to carry her to the exit but it proved a futile effort.

The giants were relentless, mowing down hordes of humans without a second thought as they single mindedly pursued the duo of young girls.

Anna's injury had caused the giants to see her as wounded prey and she very quickly became the most desirable.

Left with no choice, the two girls ran into the closest store they could find after some of the giants chasing them became distracted by slower humans.

Luckily, the power had gone out in all of the chaos so the girls now had a dark and somewhat safe space to hide in.

Both girls were shivering horribly from the cold as they hid behind a counter all the way in the back.

Anna was weeping silently, both from the pain of her ankle and the fear she felt from this hellish situation.

How does a gate just open up in the middle of nowhere like that?!

'And all of those people.... Oh god...'

As Anna spiraled from seeing a massacre right in front of her, Serana was busy taking out her phone and trying to contact Malachi.

It didn't take her very long to realize that she had absolutely no cell service and none of her calls or texts were making it through.

"Damn it..." She muttered.

Emotionally, she wasn't doing much better than Anna.

It was taking all of her power not to panic as well but she had faith that there was someone who could get them out of this situation.

Serana finally noticed that the beautiful goth girl opposite her had been crying for a while now and moved closer to provide warmth and comfort.

Normally Anna would have been afraid, but as she looked into those bright orange eyes, she felt a strange sense of relief instead.

"I'm glad I found you girls... I was almost too late."

The beast's voice was deep and monstrous, but there was a softness inside that Anna had come to know very well.

"M-Mal...?"

"You know anyone else who can turn into a giant cat monster?"

Malachi's bad joke didn't seem to have an effect as Anna shook her head sheepishly.

Coming behind the counter, Mal reached out to take both of the pale and shaking girls into his arms. "Come on, let's get out of here."

Anna tried to move, but her legs had unfortunately been reduced to jelly and she had realized something horribly embarrassing.

In her immense fear earlier, she seemed to have lost control of her bladder and relieved herself all over the floor.

Now she was caught between a rock and a hard place, with no way to escape from this monumental embarrassment.

Luckily, Mal seemed to understand exactly what she was concerned about and immediately reassured her.

"It's alright, I'm sure that you were terrified out of your mind, huh? I'm not childish enough to be disgusted with you for this, especially when it was my fault for taking so long."

Mal gently reached out and placed his hands around Anna's waist.

He lifted her up with minimal effort, and shuffled all of her body weight onto one arm.

His forearm was placed just underneath her butt, allowing him to have a firm yet appropriate grip on her without causing any awkwardness.

With both of her arms wrapped around his neck, she looked a bit like a baby koala the way she was clinging to him.

After lifting up Serana and holding her the same way, Mal walked out of the store with both beauties in his arms.

Despite the embarrassment she felt, Anna could not help but feel at peace from being so close to Malachi like this, and a small part of her wished to never leave.

"Thank you for saving us, Mal." She whispered amongst the whistling winds of the snowstorm.

She wasn't certain if he could hear her, but she felt like a weight had been removed from her chest after she said it.

As she buried her face in the crook of his neck, she finally realized that she hadn't really felt cold ever since he picked her up.

'Seriously... how can someone be so warm...?'

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