Page 59 of The Dead King

“That makes one of us.”

I shrugged. “Could be worse, King. You could be trapped here all by yourself.” At least I could heal him. I could help set him on another path, the one he was always meant to take. And someday, it might lead him back to Mia and his son. “At least you have Ariadna looking out for you.” I smiled. “And me, of course.”

He stared into my eyes, and I felt my heart pounding. I knew what he was thinking, and he knew my thoughts, too.

There was no use hiding any of it. He loved his wife and always would. And I loved him. Those two facts changed nothing. Because I wasn’t going anywhere and neither was he.

We had a job to do.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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