ZACH'S POV

When she saw me, her eyes filled with tears, and she rushed over, pulling me into a tight embrace.

"Zach, thank you," she whispered, her voice trembling with emotion. "You saved us."

I hugged her back, the tension finally beginning to ease from my body. "You don’t have to thank me, Malia. I’m just glad you’re both okay."

She pulled back slightly, looking up at me with a mixture of gratitude and something deeper. "I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t been here," she said.

My heart was still racing from the adrenaline of the fight, and all I could think about at that...