The Mate Agreement
“You’re up here, how can you catch me?”
He reaches out a hand. “Do you trust me?”
Yes. Yes, although I know I shouldn’t. But I already do. Foolish, foolish girl. You did this to yourself. I tip my head back, close my eyes, and allow gravity to pull me down. The wind embraces me, and I feel like a raindrop; falling, falling, waiting for the moment I’ll hit the ground and shatter.
But instead I gasp awake.