[Lilia]

Kael just stared at me for a moment, his eyes gleaming with anticipation after the words came out of my mouth.

I meant it, though. I knew it sounded absurd and illogical, a way of trying to convince myself to believe. But after hearing those things from Kael, something stirred deep down inside me. A silver lining, another glimmer of hope, despite my rational mind frantically raising warning flags to remind me not to be persuaded by everything he did or said.

However, it was already too ...