Meeting his disheveled eyes, I lit a small grin that made him further contort his facial muscles as I spoke in a relatively calm tone, “You do know everything already, don’t you?”
“But—”
“Last time, I wasn’t bold enough to protect Eloise from the dreadful choice she had opted for herself. But this time…I just can’t leave her alone anyway. Tonight, it will be our either ride or die. If we succeed, that’s great. But if we fail…Then I won’t be able to let her go anyway.
“If our fates are cruel enough to not let us align together in this lifetime…I wish to accompany her in death at least, Rowan.”
“No…I-I can’t accept it!” His voice was visibly shaken from hearing my adamant declaration, which made Rowan tear up, as it was for the very first time I witnessed such a composed man like him b
