REED'S POV

Her words were soft, barely above a whisper, but they landed in my chest like a blow to the chest.

“I don’t think we should be apart anymore.”

For a second, I forgot how to speak.

She didn’t understand the depth of what she was saying and just what it meant to me.

What being near me truly costs. But Goddess, the way she said it... the quiet certainty in her eyes.

If she asked me to burn the world down for her at that moment, I don’t think I would’ve ...