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“What I need,” I spoke gruffly and wrapped my hands around her wrists, stopping her from removing my cross, “is for you to be safe. For you to be with me somehow, someway.”
“Vander,” she whispered, her eyes wide. “I can’t keep this. It’s too important.”
I needed her to keep it. I needed the connection. I dropped my head for a moment, then looked up at her from beneath my brow. “We’ll see each other again, Ruby-mine. Don’t take away my hope.”
She dropped her hands, her face pained, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Pressing her lips together, she tucked my cross back inside her shirt, snaked her arms around my waist, and lay her cheek against my chest.
“Thank you,” she whispered.
I splayed my hands over her back, and lay my cheek on top of her head, sharing her light.
Twelve hours and three thousand miles away from her, there was no promise of warmth or sunshine anywhere.
