DIANA
The efforts Axel put into helping me made me love him even more. So I bent and laid a quick kiss on his lips which surprisingly made him flinch in shock.
I hadn’t planned it. I just looked at him, sitting there, all serious and quiet, and something inside me shifted.
I didn’t even think about it. My heart had been full for hours. The truth about my curse, the way he brought Maxine here, the fact that he sat through everything with me, made me feel something I hadn’t felt in a long time.
I felt loved. Cared for, safe, and not alone.
When he flinched, I immediately stepped back and frowned.
“I’m sorry,” I said quickly. “It was just a thank you kiss. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.”
For a second, I thought I had ruined everything. Maybe I had misunderstood things. Maybe
