**Lysander**

Of course I don't want to be *just* friends with Gaia.

How could I settle for only friendship? After a month of being unable to stop thinking about her. A month of wondering where she went, if she was safe, if she thought about me at all.

And now—seeing her here, alive, injured but standing—

I'm more certain than ever.

I don't want her as my friend.

I want her as my Luna. My mate. My lover. ...