Nicholas shook his head. “I’m protective of you and Elva. Those instincts have nothing to do with

whether or not I trust you.”

I wanted to believe that, but if it was true, then why did he hesitate?

“I’ve been alone a long time, and I’ve gotten by just fine.” The words emerge from a place of hurt. He cut

me by not trusting me. How did he think I had survived these past three years?

what to keep you

“Is it so wrong for me to safe?” Nicholas’s brow crinkled in confusion. His frown was

heavy set.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

I placed a hand over my aching heart. “Because you won’t be with me forever, Nick. If I get used to your

enough to let myself relax, how will I ever go back to how things were before?

ends, I can

up sort of pain. Sorrow

said, but the bitter tone of his voice

we’d made our

to wake up from. Nicholas, however, was stuck here, forced to

not love to fulfill his parents‘ expectations of him.

voice then, barely a whisper. “But while you are here, I will

need your

giving it to you because I want to.”

his reasoning, but

me, he still seemed set in

way that I could convince him and myself that I

was able to look out for myself and for Elve

Ineade

be

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