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“Stormy,” he said again. “Can you look at Daddy?”
Her eyes slowly tracked toward him and he gave her a small smile.
“Can Daddy hold you?” he asked.
She took a small step toward him and he took it as an invitation to hold her. He needed to hold her. To feel she was alright and not hurt at all.
“Such a good girl,” he whispered as he held her close to him.
Her fingers wrapped around his shirt.
“Daddy,” she whimpered as she buried her head into his chest.
Miles could feelher body start to shake as he held her. No doubt the shock of everything was hitting her full force.
“You’re okay,” he whispered. “Daddy’s got you.”
“What the fuck happened?” Rogan raised his voice.
Storm flinched in his arms and held on tighter to his shirt.
“Rogan.” His voice went deep, gaining his attention.
“What?” he asked.
“Relax. They need us right now.”
Could he not see that? Something very traumatic just happened to both of them and they needed a soft hand right now, not someone cursing and raising their voice. If anything, he was going to make them shut down even further.
He ran his hand up and down Storm’s back and looked over at Hedda. She was in her brother’s arms. Everything in him hoped she would be okay and she wouldn’t be too scarred from this.
It would always be with her, but he hoped she wouldn’t have the nightmares.
“You’re okay,” he whispered into Storm’s ear.
He picked her up, carefully bringing her legs to wrap around his waist.
“So s-scared,” she whispered.
“I know you were,” he softly said. “Now Daddy is here and is going to take care of you.”
“I-I thought I w-was going to d-die,” she sobbed.
His heart broke that she was so scared and he hadn’t been there for her.
“You aren’t going to die. Not on Daddy’s watch,” he said.
She continued to hold tightly to his shirt as he rocked her back and forth, trying to get her to calm down.
“I want you to be my Daddy,” she whispered.
His heart stopped for a second when he realized the words she’d just spoken. She was finally telling him she wanted him as her Daddy. He knew she kept calling him Daddy and he called himself that but hearing her saying she actually wanted him made this special and solidified it.
“Everything is going to be fine,” he whispered. “I’ll be glad to be your Daddy.”
He felt her relax slightly in his arms but could still feel her shaking from everything that had happened.
“I wasn’t going to give you much of a choice anyways,” he said. “You were mine from the moment I saw you in Raynar’s house for my birthday party.”
