The Fire That Chose Me
“I didn’t want to.”
They stood close, the silence between them not uncomfortable, just heavy the way silence gets when words would only scratch the surface.
Finally, he said, “There’s something about you. Something that doesn’t belong to this world.”
She tilted her head. “That’s comforting.”
“I didn’t mean it as a threat.”
“Then what did you mean?”
He looked at her really looked at her and for a heartbeat, Evelynn felt like her soul was bare. His gaze was dark and full of gravity, like the forest itself lived behind his eyes.