The Fire That Chose Me
“And you’re my anchor. Without you, I burn myself away.”
For a moment, the world shrank to just them—his weight above her, the warmth of his lips pressing softly against hers, the tender way his hand slid over her side, careful of her wounds but still hungry to feel her alive beneath him. Their love burned as fiercely as any battle, and Evelynn gave herself to it, to him, letting the fire in her soften into something sweeter, something that held instead of destroyed.
Later, tangled in his arms, the forest still thick with mist, Evelynn whispered, “Was that the only one?”