Now, all I can do is pray that I’ll get the chance to fix what I’ve broken. We walk for over an hour through the dense woods, silent except for the crunch of leaves beneath our boots. My leg’s aching, my mind is racing, but I stay quiet until we reach a river that cuts through the forest like a sil
Aria The moment I can no longer feel his presence, when I’m absolutely sure he’s gone, I turn around and fall to the ground. My knees hit the cold earth, and a sob rips from my throat before I can stop it. The tears come fast, blurring my vision as my hands clutch at the dirt beneath me. He’s gone
My breath catches. “I can’t believe you’d say that. I’m here because I love you. Because I made a promise to protect you. Because I want to be by your side. How could you reduce everything I feel for you to something my father did?” Her lips press together as more tears slide down her cheeks. “Luca
Still, there’s bigger shit to deal with. Once everything is handled, once the threats are gone and this mess is behind us, I’ll make it all up to her. I’ll give her everything. I close my eyes and let the pull of sleep take over. …. Next morning, it’s Shiva who wakes us up. If it was up to us, we
Lucas I’m sitting on this damn rock with the cold wind slicing through my clothes, trying to calm the storm in my chest. Being away from Aria, even for a second, feels like shit, but I gotta breathe. Ever since that talk with Sarita, my head’s been spiraling. She sounded scared. Not just nervous
Minutes pass, both of us breathing hard, still wrapped around each other, water swirling around our tangled bodies. I rest my forehead against his, fingers still in his hair. “That was beautiful,” I whisper, my lips brushing against his as I kiss him slow, full of all the love I can’t quite put int