Chapter 48 KISS YOU

We moved through the crowd together, the press of bodies, the lift of voices. He leaned close, voice low.

“I have to return to my war,” he said. “Soon.”

I nodded.

“I know.”

“Will you come with me?”

The question was not a demand. It was an offering.

“I think so,” I said.

His grip tightened briefly. “...