Chapter Thirty-Five

The meadow looked even more beautiful as the darkness of the night fell around us. The slight glow that the moon had cast on the ground beneath us gave the flowers an almost iridescent glow. It was nice to just sit still for a moment, to just be us. No worries about rebels or the ascension. No Chase to worry about. It was just me and Liam.

“Why can’t it just stay this way?”

His arms wrapped ever so gently around me, tightening just enough to let me know that he had been wondering the same exact thing.

“I wish I knew.”

I turned so that I was facing him and allowed my body to rest against his, laying my head against his chest. There was nothing else to say. Both of us were hurting. The best we could do was stick it out and see where this new road took us and pray that we made it through it, relationship intact. But in that moment, I was just his. His and his alone.

“Liam?”

“Yea?”

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