The daughter she thought was gone!
He smiled back, weak but real.
“Together?”
“Together,” she whispered.
Then she leaned forward and kissed him again—
Not the desperate kiss of the docks,
not the trembling kiss in the ambulance,
but a slow, certain, claiming kiss.
A promise.
A vow.
When she pulled away, Dominic whispered:
“You’re my light, Amara.”
“And you,” she replied softly, brushing her thumb over his lips,
“are home.”