I closed my eyes.
For the first time in what felt like forever, I allowed myself to stop fighting.
The warmth of his hand against my cheek.
His forehead resting against mine.
The familiar silver eyes looking back at me with nothing but quiet affection.
When his lips met mine, I kissed him back without hesitation.
Every fear I'd been carrying seemed to melt away as I leaned into him, desperately trying to preserve the fleeting warmth of the moment. It didn't matter that we were standing in the middle of a battlefield. It didn't matter that ruins surrounded us or that the Tower was still trying to kill us.
For those precious seconds...
He was simply Kael.
The man I'd been searching for.
The man I'd refused to give up on.
I wanted to stay in that moment forever.
Then something changed.
The kiss never broke.
His hand was still cradling my face with impossible tenderness.
But the warmth...
It felt different.
Almost...
Amused.
