Tangled Destinies
“If you are.”
The offer hung there. Andre didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he picked up his glass again, studying her over the rim for a moment before lifting it slightly in a silent gesture of a toast.
Lila hesitated for only a secondbefore she lifted her own glass.
The faint clink as the glasses touched was soft. “To your new beginning,” Andre said.
Lila took a small sip of her drink, the cool sweetness cutting through the dryness in her mouth. As she swallowed, the reality of where she was settled over her again, just as surreal as it had been when she first walked in.
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