Page 431 of Broken Oath

“You need sleep.”

“So do you.”

A small smile touched his mouth.

“You sound like Dad.”

“He says I sound like you.”

“That’s worse.”

I rested my head against his shoulder.

“You don’t have to be all right yet.”

“What if I’m never all right?”

“Then we’ll love you anyway.”

His breath caught.

I took his hand.

“You survived the mountain, Wade. You don’t have to survive what comes next alone.”

He looked down at our joined hands.

“I thought about you every day.”

“So did I.”

“They told me you stopped looking.”

“I never did.”

“I know that now.”

He looked toward the snow.

“What happens next?”

“Whatever you need.”

“And Nightfall?”

My expression hardened.

“Shadow Division will handle it.”

“You mean you and Shadow Division.”

“Yes.”

Wade sighed.

“I’m not going to convince you to stop.”

“No.”