Ch. 124 - Decisions

Kiera POV

I didn't know what was happening to me, but I was so tired of fighting it. Being with Chase felt incredibly right. In his arms, I felt complete, at home, and safe beyond words. After enduring so much evil for too long, I needed to feel the hope he gave me.

"We have to get to the meeting," I reluctantly interjected, breaking the spell of the most perfect moment I had ever experienced. For a while, we had simply sat together, silently holding each other, and in that embrace, I had known without a doubt that this was what real love felt like.

"Do we really have to save the world?" Chase whined, his tone playful, eliciting a giggle from me as I nestled against his chest.

"It seems like the right thing to do," I replied, playfully lifting my head to meet his gaze. The weight of the world's problems momentarily forgotten in the warmth of our connection.

"Can't we just run away? Be together with just the two of us?" Chase's suggestion hung in the air, tempting and alluring.

"As tem