Reborn 90 Days Before the Apocalypse: Claimed by the Warlord
"I saw the lights, the machines, the moment they switched me off before the world fell apart. What if what I feel for you… everything we have built and shared every day… is not real? What if it is just a simulation, carefully designed to keep us stable and useful while we hold up this empire? How do I know I am truly myself, and not simply what they programmed me to be?"
Declan held me so firmly my ribs protested gently beneath my vest, yet he did not loosen his grip for even a second, as if he might merge his soul with mine so no doubt could ever tear us apart. He buried his face in my hair, breathing my frosted breath with a dark, fierce, aching devotion, as if every breath taken beside me