Kai
I held her against me tightly as our breathing calmed.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t doubt you. Forgive me, my stars.”
“The fault lies with me,” I murmured against her shoulder. “I should have told you the truth. It worried me, seeing you that way, my moon. But I couldn’t ever stop wanting you. I meant what I said. I will want you forever.”
She trembled as I traced my fingers up and down her back, her head resting on my shoulder as she exhaled slowly. I lifted the blanket from the bed and slid into it with her still against me. She had a small bruise above her eye that would be healed by morning. It was the only punch Dama had been able to land.
“What did you see?” she whispered, as we lay side by side as we had for so many nights now.
I was quiet for a m
