Evan shook his head, “Come home to me. Let me protect you, we can figure out the rest as we go-.” Maxine quickly asked, "Do you trust me?” He did. “Then trust me when I say I will fight for us so I can come home, and...” her green eyes, the best green he’d ever seen, Evan was defeated as she promised, “and not only will we be together. But our future daughter will be able to love WHOEVER she wants. With no one telling her otherwise.” Their daughter? Evan’s heart raced out of his chest as Maxine pulled on a velvet blue cloak promising, “This will be the last time I ask you to wait for me mate.” Evan didn’t fight her anymore. Just made sure she heard it as he proclaimed, “I love you.” Said soft and sweet, they washed over Maxine’s skin as she promised, “I love you too. And I’ll see you

