Her words came out slurring, broken and a deep pain hidden behind her tone. But it was clear enough to reach Cedric's ears who halted between his actions. His heart stopped beating for a second when she cried confessing that she might be in love with him.
His eyes laid on her under the gleam of moonshine. That felt surreal to him but he knew that he was hearing her correct. The following moment, he muttered some profanity of curses and scooped his arms around her waist to hoist her up from the ground. That position streched her more as she groaned out painfully and clutched onto his shoulders to lean on.
