how can you rise
if you have not burned?
Maybe there was something desperate and clingy in the kiss, but after nearly dying, it seems acceptable. Nothing like a night of destruction to make it clear what really matters. So she doesn’t mind if they kiss too fiercely, if they cling to one another for support.Weaver lets out a huff of breath at that. ”Anyone else wouldn’t want that, I suspect. But perhaps we can be done worrying about Zariah for at least five minutes.” Maybe for five minutes they could be done worrying about Zariah, about Halo, about everything that would be the rest of their lives.
”Fine,” she says, trying to sound annoyed, though she isn’t really. Instead she settles a little deeper into the water, letting him take care of her. She didn’t mind a little pampering.
WEAVER
