“Ryver?”
“Yes?”
“You’re going to be fine. I promise.”
“Maybe you shouldn’t promise those things.”
Cannon sighed. “I mean it, though. The gun is just in case, but I will probably take them out quickly myself. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Tears began to fall from her eyes. Cannon could feel his heart aching in his chest. “I don’t want anything to happen to you either, Cannon. This can’t be how it ends.”
Cannon took her face in his hands. “It won’t be.” He wiped her tears, then kissed each eye individually.
Cannon didn’t think their relationship could possibly pan out. Moreover, there was no part of the mission that said he needed to fall in love with her. But he did, and he wanted to be with her more than anything.
He could easily place her on the helicopter and just disappea
