Mya's knees shook at the thought of losing her brother, or Dani and Ruby, but her heart was breaking at the thought of losing Erik again, of something going wrong, of him truly dying this time.

"I don't want to lose you," she whispered.

"You won't," he said as he tucked her hair behind her ear.

"How do you know? Why are you so calm? How are you so certain?" she asked, fisting his shirt in her hands.

"Because I was alone before. Now I have you. Even if I cannot ...