Asher
As I looked down at Ariella asleep in my arms, her body soft and warm against mine, exhausted after the way I had taken her, fully and desperately, I couldn’t help the smile that tugged at the corners of my lips.
Just to think... I could’ve died. I could’ve lost her. And I would have never known what it felt like to have her this close, to hold her like this, to be inside her, to feel her so deeply it felt like our hearts beat the same.
I wasn’t going to let myself be in that position again, ever. Not if it meant I’d never see her like this again.
Still, I had to admit something I hadn’t been able to shake. She’d changed.
I don’t know if it happened in a single day, or if it had been gradually happening and I was too late to notice. But now that I did… it was impossible to unsee
