Chapter Seventeen
Seeing everyone run through the Gates, armour glinting, weapons blazing, is exhilarating. I wait for a moment to make sure that everything is going as planned, then I turn to my four Guardians.
"Frost, tell me one last time," I ask, a sudden wave of fear spreading through me.
"I believe in you," he says simply, as if that's not one of the most precious things he's ever said to me. "You will be magnificent."
His aura pulses with pride and love as he steps forward and takes me into his arms. Once again, the armour is in the way, but his lips find mine nonetheless. I kiss him passionately, trying to keep the terrible thought at bay that's seeping into my mind. What if this is the last time I ever kiss him? What if I'll never see any of them?
I breathe in his scent, comm
